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Recent Examples of architrave
Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
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Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2025
The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
—Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon.
—History Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2025
The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
—Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon.
—History Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architrave
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Inside, there’s parquet for miles, wood paneling, stained glass, beamed ceilings, and a classical frieze of men in togas.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
13 Jan. 2026
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The long, two-part frieze, featuring images printed on aluminum alloy, will hang inside the center’s Forum Building.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
16 Dec. 2025
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The green cornice crowning the roofline had begun to fade, while layers of black paint and tattered posters peeled from the building’s exterior.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Those scenarios could either be triggered by new snow falling on existing snow; a cornice, or mass of hanging snow, falling; or a human trigger.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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There are other stops on the tour: the great room, which also features marble columns and marble entablatures, enhanced by wooden moldings and ceilings.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.—
Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
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With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Shah, 35, former mayor of the capital city of Kathmandu, has dominated the race to become Nepal’s PM during the campaign, gaining popularity across the country.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sri Lanka said more than 200 sailors aboard another Iranian warship near its coast were being escorted to a naval base outside the capital, Colombo.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Steel-ball tree The new invention includes simple parts, such as a hollow cylinder packed with solid steel balls and a central shaft lined with radial, branch-like rods.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The mine shafts oblige them generously, particularly after a bender or a jilting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Architrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architrave. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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