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The portion of the building that perches on the south side of Wilshire, where a surface parking lot once stood, will include a cafe that will look out on the street, as well as a 300-seat theater housed in one of seven 30-foot-tall ground-level pavilions holding the museum’s exhibition floor aloft.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The video ends with the first color shot of a knife being held aloft.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Incredibly, the Italian midfield hasn't performed this well since holding the Euros at Wembley aloft in 2021.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Craft services tables were piled with soda cans and snack bags, PAs with clipboards attempted to reroute recalcitrant pedestrians, techs held aloft parachute-sized plane reflectors to capture the light.
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The video ends with the first color shot of a knife being held aloft.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Incredibly, the Italian midfield hasn't performed this well since holding the Euros at Wembley aloft in 2021.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Craft services tables were piled with soda cans and snack bags, PAs with clipboards attempted to reroute recalcitrant pedestrians, techs held aloft parachute-sized plane reflectors to capture the light.
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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Lie prone on the mat with your arms stretched overhead.Leoni Jesner, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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The dining room, with expansive retractable windows, will then spill out onto a massive patio surrounded by lush perennials, romantic string lighting and large canopies overhead, resembling the popular piazzas found within the city’s storied walls.Roger Sands, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The speaker is rounded, and most of its front and top are protected by a grille that covers its subwoofer, six mid-woofers, and seven tweeters (two of which fire upward for spatial audio).PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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One big risk to the tax titles of the IRA is a possible Republican move to cap its currently uncapped energy tax incentives, which could significantly slim down credits that many now expect to cost upward of $1 trillion.Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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That beauty adorns a much more capable drive than the Seagate models mentioned above.PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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There’s a new promo picture going around showing a Dusty Milligan with facial hair (see: above) — and listen, not to besmirch his infinity-pool jawline, but the dude looks so much better with that scruff.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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