caryatids

variants or caryatides
Definition of caryatidsnext
plural of caryatid

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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
Noun
  • On Soho's Carnaby Street, an NFL pop-up shop sells blue-and-gold London Games jerseys and bomber jackets, while the New Era baseball cap shop has Jaguars and Rams hats on pedestals in the window.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Clemishire added that pastors should not be put on pedestals and that too often, the victims are ignored.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As the beautiful Corinthian columns of electronic music, the bands — being combined as a singular project — gave rise to an entire genre.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Huge columns made of light pink and dove gray Tennessee marble shone in the evening light filtering in from the glass roof.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Science is only one of the pillars of Mashpi.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There was a point when Matos and Marco Luciano were considered future pillars of the organization, but both former top prospects have seen their time with the Giants end in recent months.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • During the construction phase, the group avoided the use of heavy machinery to keep most of the jungle intact and used ironwood reclaimed from boat piers and fishing boat decks as the main construction material.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • After a ship crash in 1980 that killed 35 people, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was replaced, and the ends of the old bridge were repurposed as the two Tampa Bay fishing piers.
    Carter Weinhofer, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The owner of Pimento Jamaican Kitchen brought stanchions from his rum bar to the street to keep protesters separated from officers, working as a volunteer to ensure the demonstration remains peaceful.
    Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • That report will give everyone a sense as to why that plane left Statesville on a Thursday morning, then immediately turned around and tried to return to the same airport before striking trees and light stanchions, crashing and bursting into flame only 10 minutes after takeoff.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Caryatids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caryatids. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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