columns

plural of column
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as in rows
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill

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as in pilasters
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure engraved columns supported the arch on either side

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Recent Examples of columns Read other Fortune columns by François Candelon. Riccarda Joas, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024 Today’s largest cargo vessels are longer than three football fields, with cranes required to lift containers and stack them in towering columns. Manuel Valdes, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 Gossip columns had long been a staple of music trade magazines, but on on the Velvet Rope, readers could see a response published not in days but… hours! Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024 His columns, exclusive to the Tribune, now appear the first Wednesday of every month. Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024 Today's largest cargo vessels are longer than three football fields, with cranes required to lift containers and stack them in towering columns. CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024 Hotel guests will be able to admire many of the iconic elements of the structure, such as the columns and the staircase. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024 At East Orange High School, Amos drew cartoons and wrote columns for the school newspaper, played a convict in a production of The Man Who Came to Dinner and was a star running back. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024 Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. Eileen McCarron, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024

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“Columns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columns. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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