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cantilever

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as in arch

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Recent Examples of cantilever Set the scene Siro occupies floors 30 to 36 of new Dubai landmark One Za’abeel, which also houses the One&Only’s first vertical resort, as well as 11 big-name restaurants, many of which sit within the world’s longest cantilever, The Link. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026 This 9x9-foot cantilever umbrella rotates 360 degrees, providing you with full coverage from the sun at any angle. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026 Part of the villa juts outward in a dramatic cantilever supported by skinny columns, giving the structure a floating effect when viewed from the surrounding gardens. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 May 2026 Now, the team has successfully projected a variety of videos from a single cantilever, including clips from the movie A Charlie Brown Christmas. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cantilever

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There was a gladiatorial spirit to the earlier stadium, with its dual towers connected by an elegantly curving grandstand with a series of arches facing the street.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
The arch has not yet been approved by a key federal planning commission.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of arch

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Ironworkers bolted the last girder into place on the Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) on May 3, 1973.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
In the distance, an impressive railway bridge, its steel girders painted bright white, stretches across the shimmering landscape, apparently untouched by the US and Israeli strikes that battered and scarred parts of Iran earlier this year.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 13 May 2026

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Ditto for Selena Gomez in her golden Louis Vuitton column gown, which nodded to the Emmy statuette.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
The new design uses 17 extraction columns across four core processing sections to handle tasks that previously required over 70 conventional tanks.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of column

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Showing here also presents McGirr with a much more authentic pedestal from which to project his new synthesis of all that acquired McQueen aesthetic lore with his own design identity—because both were forged in London.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
From a cement pedestal, the eight-foot limb of a schefflera bonsai reaches across the table.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

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