cantilevers

Definition of cantileversnext
plural of cantilever
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Noun
  • With one end of a large resistance band looped under the arches of your feet, stand with your feet hip-width apart or wider.
    Jenessa Connor, Health, 11 May 2026
  • The shock-absorbing insole also helps keep the arches in a neutral position.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Many of the luxury hotel company’s 7,000 employees had played their way through local brackets before the top players were flown to Deer Valley for the finals.
    Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • The Eagles were having practice when the brackets were released Friday.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Students at the University of Missouri in Columbia took the fad to record-setting new heights on March 5, 1974, when 600 or so naked folks ran past the historic columns on campus while a crowd of about 1,500 people cheered them on.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
  • Second of two columns on transformation in defense technology and manufacturing.
    David Ignatius, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
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 18 May. 2026.

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