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caryatids

noun

variants or caryatides

plural of caryatid

as in pilasters

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The small saints on side pilasters were sold off on the antiques market.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of pilasters

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That site is temporarily closed, and many of the items—pedestals and furniture, photographs and tools—are coming from Paris for this show, giving Brancusi’s cool, abstract sculptures a rich, human context.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
A lot of them are tucked away in vitrines that serve as pedestals for dresses by some of the world’s most exclusive designers.

— Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of pedestals

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Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The structural system, meanwhile, is based on point supports, which means the building loads are transferred through columns that can be spaced relatively far apart.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of columns

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Cage solved my next problem by insisting that the way to discover new things is to overcome our dependence on our likes and dislikes, those supposed pillars of criticism.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Today, the offering is broken down into three pillars in men’s as well as a women’s division, Cater explained.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pillars

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
People are advised to stay out of the water and away from rocks, jetties, piers and other infrastructure near the ocean, the agency says.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026

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