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: a stack of hay
2
: a vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters
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That’s no exaggeration in this case, as needles tend to be shiny and haystacks don’t tend to be all that large.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024
Monet started painting haystacks in the mid-1880s, about 15 years after that pivotal exhibition in Paris.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
The menu also includes some veg-forward sides like haystack zucchini and sweet potato fries, two types of burgers (one classic and one green chile) and mains like moules frites and hachi parmentier (the French version of shepherd’s pie).
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
Topping out Monet’s market is an example from his series of haystack paintings, which was bought by German software mogul Hasso Plattner at Sotheby’s in May 2019 for $110 million after 35 years in private hands.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024
Monet started painting haystacks in the mid-1880s, about 15 years after that pivotal exhibition in Paris.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
The menu also includes some veg-forward sides like haystack zucchini and sweet potato fries, two types of burgers (one classic and one green chile) and mains like moules frites and hachi parmentier (the French version of shepherd’s pie).
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
Topping out Monet’s market is an example from his series of haystack paintings, which was bought by German software mogul Hasso Plattner at Sotheby’s in May 2019 for $110 million after 35 years in private hands.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
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“Haystack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haystack. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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haystack
noun
hay·stack
-ˌstak 
: a stack of hay
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