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noun

ˈtau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce tower (audio)
Definition of towernext
as in cathedral
a large, magnificent, or massive building a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city

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verb

as in to climb

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Recent Examples of tower
Noun
Energy storage usually brings to mind batteries, capacitors, tanks of hydrogen, or maybe some giant gravity system hauling blocks up a tower. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026 The Caravan Court Hotel has reopened as a $60 million luxury tower near AT&T Stadium, with a new restaurant, The Vandy, led by Food Network chef Yia Medina and named for late mayor Tom Vandergriff. — Ryan J. Rusak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
Verb
Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia trees, an iconic California species that tower 300 feet high and can live for 3,000 years, were killed during multiple large wildfires that roared across the southern Sierra Nevada. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026 There are usually one or two prospects who tower over the rest of the draft, and the whole basketball universe knows the top picks well before draft night. — Matthew Coller, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
  1. cathedral
  2. climb
  3. edifice
  4. ascend
  5. palace
  6. mount
  7. structure
  8. lift
Noun
  • The two nations will face each other in the cathedral to football, Estadio Azteca, more than 7,000 feet above sea level.
    — Alex Connor, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • In a carousel shared to Instagram, the star included a photo of herself walking through an old cathedral in a pale gray wedding dress embellished with flowers and birds and a long, floor-sweeping veil.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of cathedral
Verb
  • Expectations of higher inflation amid surging oil prices have pushed up the long-term bond yields that lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans, causing mortgage rates to climb.
    — Alex Veiga, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Preliminary Flightradar24 data showed the plane first losing altitude before briefly climbing.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of climb
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  • In a provocation to the Forest Service officers monitoring the blockade, the slightest nudging threatened to send the edifice crashing to the ground and Tubbs to his maiming or death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades.
    — Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of edifice
Verb
  • Sporting nirvana When Fernández’s header hit the net nearly 10 minutes later, those Argentines ascended into a realm of sporting nirvana that might come along once or twice in a lifetime.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Rodríguez Castro may or may not ascend to the very top of Cuba’s official power structure.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of ascend
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  • Harry last saw his father in February 2024, shortly after it was announced that the monarch was undergoing treatment for cancer, though the palace never specified the type.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The actress and the musician, who tied the knot in December 2018, selected a royal palace in India for their two back-to-back weddings.
    — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Definition of palace
Verb
  • The leader of the Reform UK party – which is topping most UK opinion polls – resigned as a member of parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, his constituency in southeast England, on Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over undeclared financial donations.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • At the same time, the three main actors waited through mounting production delays that threatened to sink Spielberg’s folly.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of mount
Noun
  • The changes are adaptive changes of the structure and function of the heart.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • The structure of Iran’s regime was built following the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of structure
Verb
  • The crew took part in rescuing a 47-year-old man who was pulled out of the rubble eight days after the quakes hit, lifting the spirits and morale of rescuers who up until then were primarily uncovering human remains.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Elsewhere in the city, several heavy trucks were lifted and moved as far 30 meters by the winds.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of lift

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