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
  • The group was later able to recover the statue — with the figures ripped from their pedestals and broken into pieces — and set about trying to re-erect it.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some are unfinished, their massive pedestals hinting at what would’ve been.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Conceived as a modern tropical mansion visible to drivers crossing the causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami, the house stood out for its tall columns flanked by nearly transparent white curtains from ceiling to floor, opening panoramically to the pool and Biscayne Bay.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Contemporary accounts speak to the cruelty and exploitation that were pillars of economies of the time.
    Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The geologic monocline extends almost 100 miles and is surrounded by white sandstone domes, towering monoliths, and otherworldly pillars and arches.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Adjacent to the Landing, Riverwalk Park’s bankside boardwalk allows for exploration on foot, while its piers lure fishermen to try their luck.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Gate areas will feature digital screens and streamlined lanes, eliminating numbered stanchions (silver columns).
    Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Travelers breezed through largely empty rows of stanchions at the TSA checkpoint, where wait times were listed as less than 10 minutes.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Caryatids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caryatids. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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