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cantilevers

plural of cantilever

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Noun
  • Housed in an early 20th-century former bank at 469 North Canon Drive, the boutique preserves its original architectural detailing, arches and columns, lending itself to Casablanca’s signature design DNA.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • So, when the popular fast-food chain wanted to open a restaurant there, the city said no to the signature yellow arches.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But the shortfall in retirement savings cuts across generations, income brackets, race, gender and political party lines, according to Gibson.
    Harriet Taylor, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But the state also has very progressive tax brackets, and studies have found that people with lower and middle class incomes tend to pay at rates competitive with many other states.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The daughter of Veronica Hearst, one of her era’s most stylish society swans, she was raised in a lavish Fifth Avenue apartment designed by Renzo Mongiardino featuring columns, tapestries, and Old Master paintings.
    Derek Blasberg, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Lavic displays and dramatic columns of ash.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.
    Carey Purcell, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2025
  • With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Cantilevers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilevers. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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