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Recent Examples of balustrade
The addition neither aspires to novelty nor imitates great age, being free of balustrades, pilasters, dentil cornices, and all the other surface frosting that Beaux-Arts architects considered indispensable.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
Head upstairs via the marble staircase with a bronze balustrade (or the elevator).
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
We are ushered into a huge room that is decorated to resemble a residential square in Calcutta, with laundry hanging over the balustrades.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
The antebellum-style home at the corner of Bay and Bates streets was completed in 1911 and features a deep front porch that extends around much of one side, a balustrade widow’s walk and a double-columned, pediment two-story entry.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
Head upstairs via the marble staircase with a bronze balustrade (or the elevator).
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
We are ushered into a huge room that is decorated to resemble a residential square in Calcutta, with laundry hanging over the balustrades.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
The antebellum-style home at the corner of Bay and Bates streets was completed in 1911 and features a deep front porch that extends around much of one side, a balustrade widow’s walk and a double-columned, pediment two-story entry.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for balustrade
Noun
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Brunson would hop over the railing to confront Haliburton and ultimately set up an intense moment in front of the screaming New York-partisan crowd.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The fall occurred Thursday afternoon from the apartment's private balcony, which has protective glass, not a railing, according to Montgomery County police spokesperson Shiera Goff.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
16 May 2025
Noun
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This is particularly common in how many in the US discuss stablecoins, with commentary on the subject often comparing it to old correspondent banking rails and nothing else.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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One of the scarier parts of the last few weeks has been this idea that Trump has become totally unbound, even from the few things that kept him on the rails in the first term, such as public opinion and the stock market.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Balustrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balustrade. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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