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cantilevers

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plural of cantilever

as in arches

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Tucked under a gleaming glass corporate office, bold, gold arches adorn a plush green dining room with mini-metallic pinwheels dancing along the ceiling like a Cai Guo-Qiang art installation.

— Shindy Chen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

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Sure, our ages—and tax brackets—are quite different, but the media icon never fails to remind me of classic outfit formulas.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 26 July 2026
According to polling published July 23 by AARP, voters in Georgia over the age of 50 are more motivated to vote in this year's elections than those in younger age brackets.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 July 2026

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Here’s a roundup of the month’s biggest stories from Bud Kennedy’s Eats Beat columns.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
At the end of the street is the imposing Gringotts bank with its colossal marble columns and gleaming chandeliers hanging down from a domed ceiling.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
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

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