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  • noun Plural form of burner.

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Examples

  • If that cashes out into a cultural decision not to bother educating women in science and math much ā€” indeed, creating a norm that exhibiting too much interest in Bunsen burners is un-feminine ā€” how seriously are we supposed to take the reassurance that, after all, the resulting differences in participation or aptitude in those fields just reflect facts about our different biologies?

    Iā€™m Genetically Required to Post This 2005

  • Though they missed it this year because of Aidan, the couple are "burners" - aficionados of the Burning Man festival.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Louise Rafkin 2010

  • Many "burners" - as regulars are known - view the week-ending ritual of torching the effigy as a deeply meaningful climax.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Though they missed it this year because of Aidan, the couple are "burners" - aficionados of the Burning Man festival.

    SFGate: Top News Stories onthecouch@sfchronicle.com (Louise Rafkin, Special 2009

  • If I had a stove with a middle burner between the front and back burners, that is where this novel would go.

    What Novel Writing Has Taught Me Matthew Sanborn Smith 2008

  • The good news is that even the less expensive grills, as little as $200, are including the side burners, which is great.

    CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2008 2008

  • This quantity of electricity will produce a light, according to the amount of division, equivalent to from 5 to 30 gas burners, which is much cheaper than gas.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

  • Why isnt charmglow recalling the burners which are a fire hazard?

    unknown title 2009

  • My burners are a bit rusty but have not rusted out.

    unknown title 2009

  • It also says that HEVs are twice as dangerous to cyclists as gas burners, which is.

    VentureBeat 2009

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