cantilever

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Recent Examples of cantilever In 2002, Fallingwater’s famous cantilevers underwent a major structural restoration to prevent their collapse. Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025 Garden set 25 years in the future with a cantilever designed to collect water. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Renovations to Fallingwater The structural success of Fallingwater’s cantilevers relies on their use of concrete reinforced with steel. Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025 The cantilever spring was redesigned and adapted to accommodate the IWC in-house 82915 caliber with a flying minute tourbillon. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cantilever
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Noun
  • The Unknown Soldier War Memorial contains a flame and the tomb of a soldier killed in World War I under an arch of the Arc de Triomphe.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Try to lift your arches while keeping your toes and heels on the ground.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During the closure, crews will repair a steel girder on the bridge, according to the release.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025
  • After the girders were installed, crews began installing additional reinforcing steel plats and cross frames, along with scaffolding and forms for the bridge deck's reconstruction.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As of Sunday night, with 15 of 18 MLS teams having played two games, Miami sat in second place in the MLS side of the bracket with five points (one regulation win for three points, one penalty shootout win for two points).
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
  • But while about 9 out of 10 defendants are too poor to afford lawyers, most jurors aren’t in that low of an income bracket.
    Denise Amos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Maureen Dowd writes a column for the New York Times.
    Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Experience shows this approach distorts markets, erodes innovation and ultimately harms patients, the topic of one of my past columns.
    Rita Numerof, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Sulmona gave the Catholic world a pope, Innocent VII in the 15th century, but Piazza XX Settembre is the location of Sulmona’s foremost historical figure, the greatest of all Roman poets, Ovid, whose bronze statue stands sternly atop a pedestal.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • And the fan used was a standard high-speed household pedestal unit.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 July 2025

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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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