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
Start by checking into the Hotel Les Mars, a boutique retreat in Healdsburg that reflects the architecture and ambiance of a 17th-century French chateau.
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AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed the hotel in his signature minimalist aesthetic, creating spaces where nature, architecture, and art co-exist.
—Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2025
This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
For all that’s been written about design and architecture, relatively little ink has been spilled on the subject of storage units.
—Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
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AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed the hotel in his signature minimalist aesthetic, creating spaces where nature, architecture, and art co-exist.
—Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2025
This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
For all that’s been written about design and architecture, relatively little ink has been spilled on the subject of storage units.
—Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for architecture
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The petunias are tested and evaluated for qualities such as uniform structure, color quality and intensity, shape, flowering window and speed, and much more.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2025
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The all-steel structure, built in 1964, originally served as an apartment house called Stuart Manor.—
Jackie Valley,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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Change can no longer be systematically managed through static frameworks or legacy leadership models.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement As the head of a legal organization that advocates for immigrants, I’m cursed with a front-row view of the framework that threatens to erode our democracy.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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These minerals are vital for manufacturing products, renewable energy development and infrastructure.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Ukraine's prime minister, Denys Shmyhal said the fund, which will invest in extraction of critical minerals, oil and gas, infrastructure and processing, will be split 50-50, with each side having equal voting rights and the U.S. can count new military aid as a contribution.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Architecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architecture. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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