cantilever

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Recent Examples of cantilever An architectural marvel, the Link is the world’s longest cantilever, floating between two towers like a futuristic sky bridge. Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 The top choices on our list include cantilever and market umbrellas in a variety of sizes and styles. Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025 As previously reported, work to overhaul the triple cantilever is expected to begin in 2028. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 What's left is a silicon dioxide cantilever with a thin metal layer on top. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Apr. 2019 See All Example Sentences for cantilever
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Noun
  • Afternoon light sweeps across the terrace, casting long shadows along arches and curved walls.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
  • It is centred around a striking building topped with turf, a nod to Iceland’s traditional architecture, with aqueduct-like arches and an angular timber roof inside—a little Hobbit-like, a little sci-fi rustic.
    Rick Jordan, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Downtown Kansas City drivers should expect major delays when a key highway faces partial closures for bridge girder installation on back-to-back weekends.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of the springer or girder front suspension and semi-hard-tail frame of the original, the Chief Vintage uses modern but stylized front forks and discreet twin rear shocks that mimic the unsprung frame of the post-war bikes.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Viewpoint girls begin conquest for second straight title The Patriots will enter the Division 4 bracket, one division higher than the bracket Viewpoint championed in 2024.
    Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Four more at-large teams will be added to each regional bracket — selected via the FHSAA’s power rankings, which will be updated after district finals.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But, to paraphrase one of Philip's lines, his column is fluent, eloquent, and almost entirely beside the point.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Blue squares of sky cut through the empty windows, while tapered marble columns create an optical illusion that makes the two-story structure even grander.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Rhoades will have the buck mounted on a pedestal to display on a whiskey barrel in his business office.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Kaavia blew a kiss to the audience and left the pedestal.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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