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

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Recent Examples of column Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026 His monthly Inside China column explores the issues that shape discussions and understanding about Chinese innovation, providing fresh perspectives not found elsewhere. Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026 Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 22 June 2026 But rent was cheap, and Whitehead had ample time to write fiction between columns. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for column
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Noun
  • While wind conditions around Big Bear Lake weren't necessarily high on Friday afternoon, there were reports of strong gusts in the Lucerne Valley, where there's a main SCE line that feeds BVES the majority of its power.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • Made up of sharp angles and straight lines, the quilt and its matching shams have a look that strikes the right balance between classic and contemporary.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
  • And then this pilaster rising up.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The drone attacks are worsening fuel shortages, with people ​reporting rising prices and long queues ​at ⁠the filling stations.
    Reuters, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • This, Nunes argues, allows a small, paying slice of the population to jump the queue for police attention.
    Harry Booth, Time, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • One of the site’s 36 pillars — the tallest one in the middle — could be a perch for a big, pink, screeching bird.
    Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Its success or failure could help determine whether battery repurposing becomes a niche practice or a major pillar of the future energy-storage industry.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
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  • Perilous heat in the Midwest Chicago residents will see highs around 90 degrees for four to five days in a row, AccuWeather said.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Pompompurin's first win came after Cinnamoroll won for five years in a row.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
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  • Previous versions of the FDA’s panel on drug compounding — the group that will meet next month — have voted against a string of peptide ingredients brought forward by compounding pharmacies, declaring all of them too risky to be offered to patients.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The clue is in the number of file boxes the court staff bring out.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • That figure arrives as enterprises move from chatbots into agents, copilots and browser automations with access to email, code, payments and file shares.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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“Column.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/column. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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