abutments

Definition of abutmentsnext
plural of abutment

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Noun
  • Some of these recent works center firsthand experiences living with HIV/AIDS in a time of PrEP and U=U; poet Danez Smith explores the intersections of queerness, Blackness and HIV in their work.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • The highway district advised drivers to proceed with caution when traveling through intersections with nonoperating stop lights, treating each crossroads as a four-way stop.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • No sequel has been officially greenlit and no cast attachments have been announced.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • This radical attempt to dilute and deny family attachments is the specter haunting The Hill, a remarkable debut novel by Harriet Clark.
    Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Only its articulations and the environment in which it is felt shift.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The 1984 speech that so moved Baldwin remains one of the greatest articulations of American liberalism ever made.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Abutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abutments. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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