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Recent Examples of scaffolding from the Web
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At the Hotel W on Chestnut Street, workers could be seen lugging materials up four flights of stairs built into scaffolding.
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As an officer pulled her from the water and onto the deck, the scaffolding of Hana’s sense of humor started to collapse.
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The belief that Sanders would have walked into the White House based on polls taken before anyone really attacked him is a delusion built on a scaffolding of political ignorance.
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Regulators found shoddy scaffolding that forced workers to sidestep holes up to two feet wide, and improper use of fall-protection anchors.
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On the scaffolding, Florenzo prayed to himself in Spanish before a noose was thrown over his neck.
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The company also rented scaffolding and reassembled the bleachers on top of it just south of the field of play.
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And the scaffolding that still surrounded them in December as mechanics struggled to fix the problems is gone.
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Edgar, at 30 the younger brother, tumbled off the scaffolding, hit the top of a wooden fence and was killed instantly.
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First Known Use of scaffolding
14th century
SCAFFOLDING Defined for English Language Learners
scaffolding
playDefinition of scaffolding for English Language Learners
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: the metal poles and wooden boards that are used to build or support a scaffold (sense 1)
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