abutments

plural of abutment

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Noun
  • Podrabinek captures the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident’s life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Featuring women at the intersections of gender, age, disability, and disease, Pinjar is a nuanced illustration of this.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Balle’s protean impulse—her constant rewiring of thematic attachments—makes our reading experience varied and rich.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Even the attachments are more impressive, like the Fluffy optic cleaner head, which now has a brighter green light to illuminate invisible dust on hardwood floors.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Abutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abutments. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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