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Recent Examples of cantilever
Along the west side, the second floor cantilevers slightly out from the face while the south side of the building steps back dramatically at the third level to break the mass and provide some private outdoor terraces.
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Humans move naturally along the curved surface and dive beneath the overhang of the cantilever.
—Elinore Weil, Artforum, 4 Mar. 2026
In the nearby entry foyer, an antique tapestry hangs behind a dining table surrounded with Bauhaus cantilever chairs by Mies Van der Roe’s chairs.
—Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026
In structural terms, a cantilever is a beam or slab anchored at only one end, allowing for horizontal overhangs that appear to float.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Oct. 2025
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Humans move naturally along the curved surface and dive beneath the overhang of the cantilever.
—Elinore Weil, Artforum, 4 Mar. 2026
In the nearby entry foyer, an antique tapestry hangs behind a dining table surrounded with Bauhaus cantilever chairs by Mies Van der Roe’s chairs.
—Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026
In structural terms, a cantilever is a beam or slab anchored at only one end, allowing for horizontal overhangs that appear to float.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantilever
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As a national icon, the Natural Bridge served as a quiet, Emersonian rebuke to Europe’s militaristic triumphal arches, reinforcing the naturalness of American democracy.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Together, its soaring arch and Prospect Park form Brooklyn’s answer to Washington Square.—
Jonathan Timm,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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In an age where most electrics are looking towards the future with unheard-of modern tech on board, the C6 sports a WWII-era girder-style front fork and a monoshock with an internal floating piston at the rear.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2026
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Denver Fire believes a girder (a concrete support bean) gave way below, trapping around 20 vehicles underground and more than a dozen on the surface lot.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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One in three graduates now falls in the bottom bracket of earnings relative to their reasonable expectations, even though only about 10% are in the lowest absolute earnings quartile.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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In fact, one of the cringeworthy moments of Pat Riley’s season-ending media session was his comment about how before the trading deadline the Heat saw themselves as a possible top-six team, and therefore out of the play-in bracket.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.—
Miami Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Shaw’s columns, exclusive to the Tribune, appear the last Monday of each month.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The finished pedestal looks like something from a garden boutique, and the whole project comes together in minutes.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In this TikTok video, the creator grabs items from Dollar Tree and uses her hot glue gun to stack the votive and the candle holder into a customized garden pedestal.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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