architectures

noun

plural of architecture
as in frameworks
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 architectures The team used Argonne’s Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), developed to run large-scale cosmological simulations across different supercomputing architectures. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 Design architectures that can introduce emerging compute resources without rebuilding the enterprise around them. — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architectures
  1. frameworks
  2. structures
  3. infrastructures
Noun
  • These are welcome steps, as are the safety frameworks leading labs have published.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In an ironic twist, China is now looking to restrict US and international access to its own AI tools and frameworks.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of frameworks
Noun
  • For New Wave, Ropion and McCurtin looked to one of perfumery’s most enduring structures—the amber accord—and considered how to reinterpret it for today.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Rates and fee structures for checking and savings accounts are subject to change, and interest rates can rise or fall along with the federal funds rate.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of structures
Noun
  • In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of infrastructures

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