How to Use structural in a Sentence

structural

adjective
  • The house suffered no structural damage.
  • This makes the shift more structural.
    Aaron Edgell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This can be a sign of structural movement in your home.
    Molly Burford, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • What needs to take place is a structural redesign.
    Zak Ali, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • There was a good amount of structural work that needed to be done.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Over time, this produces a structural shift in trust.
    Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There are structural factors at work here.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That share is what would tell us whether anything structural has changed.
    Caroline Fairchild, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • There will be burned timbers, which have no structural strength in them.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Part of the backlash is structural.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Two main structural poles cross to create a dome shape that is strong and easy to set up.
    Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no utopia without structural change.
    Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That is the structural trap leaders face at this stage of a campaign.
    Richard Hall, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The full scale of structural damage is unknown at this time.
    Jose Fabian, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • If the erosion is structural, the fix has to be structural too.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • These are structural cost drivers.
    Rickford Kirton, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Yet there were structural problems.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a structural problem too.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Need a structural trench coat that stands out from the outerwear crowd?
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There are just too many structural changes going on in the labor force right now.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 July 2025
  • Finish off the look with a structural leather bag and your best lipstick.
    Clare Holden, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This is the structural gap companies need to solve.
    Jonathan Jordan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • Small leaks can turn into structural issues if left unchecked.
    Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The method echoes how engineers track structural health in bridges.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What we’re left with is a weak structural foundation from which the three leads can cook.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The record figure has a clear structural driver.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • Yet, long timelines, along with setbacks, are part of structural change.
    Paul Swartz, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That’s a structural breakout on a monthly chart.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The star went for a structural hairdo, with face-framing pieces pulled loose from the taut bun.
    Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • But there is a structural gap in that strategy that few are talking about.
    Laura Peter, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

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