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Recent Examples of cantilever
The amazing project takes the form of two adjacent towers which support a horizontal bridge section that boasts bragging rights as the world's longest cantilever.
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Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
At that time, city engineers determined that its badly cracked cantilevers, or wing-like bridge supports, required costly repair or full replacement.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2024
There were box wings, tube wings, cantilever wings, rotating wings, and wings that looked like Venetian blinds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
The triple cantilever, a key link of the BQE and one of the primary economic arteries of the region, carries 130,000 cars and over 13,000 trucks per day.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
At that time, city engineers determined that its badly cracked cantilevers, or wing-like bridge supports, required costly repair or full replacement.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2024
There were box wings, tube wings, cantilever wings, rotating wings, and wings that looked like Venetian blinds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
The triple cantilever, a key link of the BQE and one of the primary economic arteries of the region, carries 130,000 cars and over 13,000 trucks per day.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantilever
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The structure was drafted by a stage designer before being realized by an architect, a choice that’s reflected in some of its fanciful elements (some of which contemporary architects dismissed as kitsch) like frescoes, Romanesque arches, Gothic delicacy and whiffs of Art Nouveau foreshadowing.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Any artist who has had an early career arch like Tate’s should be thrilled not only to top the Billboard 200 but to have journeyed to the summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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One of three key findings in the report was that the solid plate girder and deck acted as an airfoil, creating drag and lift, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of workers from the Indian city of Cooch Behar lug steel girders into the concrete shells of what will be dormitories, as a leaf blower removes detritus from an artificial-turf soccer pitch.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The men's quarterfinal loss in the conference tournament left the Aztecs on the bubble, but the team has now made the bracket for five straight years.—
Kate Murphy,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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At least the Badgers have a relatively easy bracket, and should cruise past Montana in their opener in Denver.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Dawn Caldwell, Highlands Ranch Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
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Sign up to receive Clarence Page’s column in your inbox each week.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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This was also the week that Los Angeles Opera took its annual break from its grand pedestal at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and presented the West Coast premiere of another opera from Beth Morrison Projects at REDCAT.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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In the office, furnishings from Hobeika’s childhood home in Paris—like the vintage wood chinoiserie desk and the wood pedestal—received a second life.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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