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Recent Examples of spire
Parapets, spires, towers, and geometric cornices create multi-dimensional rooflines.
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Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Honnold notes that while some of his other friends traversed the route’s first few spires about a decade ago, even the most basic assistance has improved since then.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
The spire openwork levels wooden framework foreman—try squeezing that onto your business card—with a hammer hanging from his belt.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little over a half of a mile.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2024
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Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Honnold notes that while some of his other friends traversed the route’s first few spires about a decade ago, even the most basic assistance has improved since then.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
The spire openwork levels wooden framework foreman—try squeezing that onto your business card—with a hammer hanging from his belt.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little over a half of a mile.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
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North America's severe geomagnetic storm produces visible aurora Early in October, Americans from the northern U.S. and even as far south as Alabama had a chance to witness the striking rays, spirals and flickers of the northern lights.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
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The exhibition, which is laid out in a spiral and split into 13 sections, also explores themes like anticolonialism and environmentalism.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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The fingerprint-like whorls of Daedalia Planum are on the list of unknowns.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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The phono stage handles moving magnet (MM) cartridges but is not switchable to suit low-output moving coil (MC) types.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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This is a foam mattress that sleeps closer to a traditional coil mattress, at least at first.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.Leo Rubinfien, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2021
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While her curls are all-natural, the fringe around Palmers’ eyes has a little boost from something faux.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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While the actress appeared in CR Fashion Book with curls in September, her look when hitting the carpet is typically wearing her hair straight or in a chic updo.Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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