as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
the nonlinear architecture of the novel reflects a postmodern sensibility
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Recent Examples of architecture
Smiljan Radić Clarke has won the Pritzker Prize, an award often called the Nobel of architecture.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
For the first time in decades, the industry is rediscovering the power of systems thinking, recognizing that lasting innovation requires harmony between new intelligence and existing architecture.
—Milan Shetti, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
To capture scenes around brutalist-style architecture, the film’s production team spent 16 days in downtown Sacramento shooting its opening sequence, according to previous Bee reporting.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Oaxaca’s historic city center, which was enshrined on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1987, is filled with colonial architecture, cultural sites, markets, churches, and museums.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
For the first time in decades, the industry is rediscovering the power of systems thinking, recognizing that lasting innovation requires harmony between new intelligence and existing architecture.
—Milan Shetti, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
To capture scenes around brutalist-style architecture, the film’s production team spent 16 days in downtown Sacramento shooting its opening sequence, according to previous Bee reporting.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Oaxaca’s historic city center, which was enshrined on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1987, is filled with colonial architecture, cultural sites, markets, churches, and museums.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for architecture
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The standalone structure was perched right on the edge of the pool and just a few dozen feet from the crashing waves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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This decentralized structure eliminates the need for cloud servers or centralized databases, which are often required in traditional monitoring systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Many adopt a Christian-nationalist framework, arguing that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and should be governed as such.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Over the past month, major Chinese cloud providers debuted their own version of OpenClaw, local governments dangled grants to startups that build OpenClaw apps, and a cottage industry sprung up helping users install the open-source framework.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Mobix Labs is advancing the development of the system for defense installations and critical infrastructure monitoring.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Houthis could also fire long-range missiles at Israel, and target Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations—including their oil, energy, and economic infrastructure—from the south, as Iran strikes these countries from the north, in a joint pincer movement.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Architecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architecture. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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