variants or pendant
as in dangling
extending freely from a support from above the dining area is lit by tasteful pendent lamps over the tables

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Recent Examples of pendent Among her accessories, Johnson coordinated with a bold pendent necklace courtesy of Bulgari. Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024 His distinctive speech-music, though a little rougher and breathier these days, has not altered, a shapely sequence of rhythmic, pendent clauses that resolve in a bassless but confiding growl. James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2018

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“Pendent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pendent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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