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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
Counter–uncrewed aerial system (CUAS) technologies have become critical components of modern air defense architectures.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026
The company says the model replaces fragmented, task-specific architectures typically used in robotics with a single framework capable of handling multiple tasks and environments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Manual security architectures cannot keep up.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Advanced power electronics, direct-current architectures, and novel cooling methods (which can also reduce water demand) are a few recent advances ready for use, and data centers have historically embraced new efficiency technologies.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
But Sharka and others in the industry predict that future architectures may allow for less centralized computing power, enabling more companies to compete with smaller, less power-intensive data centers.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The processor will reportedly come with 16 CPU cores split across performance, efficiency, and low-power architectures.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026
The company says the model replaces fragmented, task-specific architectures typically used in robotics with a single framework capable of handling multiple tasks and environments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Manual security architectures cannot keep up.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Advanced power electronics, direct-current architectures, and novel cooling methods (which can also reduce water demand) are a few recent advances ready for use, and data centers have historically embraced new efficiency technologies.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
But Sharka and others in the industry predict that future architectures may allow for less centralized computing power, enabling more companies to compete with smaller, less power-intensive data centers.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The processor will reportedly come with 16 CPU cores split across performance, efficiency, and low-power architectures.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architectures
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The financing and regulatory frameworks had to be built from scratch.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The cycle that isn’t The idea that economies expand and contract in predictable waves is one of the most durable frameworks in economics.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Two smaller structures rise to six floors each, alongside the 20-story main tower.—
Adam Williams
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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The team also demonstrated that the device could identify hidden structures beneath soft materials, including tumor-like objects embedded in tissue models.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, SANCTA pushes the limits of the infrastructures that support performance art.—
Caroline Lillian Schopp,
Artforum,
13 May 2026
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Sometimes, the urgency of providing healthy food eclipses the equally important need to build new infrastructures such that one day, food inequalities will no longer exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Architectures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architectures. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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