Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caryatids
Noun
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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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Then peruse her finds which include everything from Florida Highwaymen art, to Peter Kiel paintings, to marble pedestals.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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They were fragmented and partly quarried away, with their pedestals dispersed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Its façade, featuring four columns and symmetrical architecture, is one of the most famous in television history.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The post-Modern design by Miami’s Arquitectonica comprises 25 colorful mid-rise towers, conjoined and elevated over columns, with gardens and elaborate amenities, including a beach volleyball court.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Contemporary accounts speak to the cruelty and exploitation that were pillars of economies of the time.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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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
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Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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Gate areas will feature digital screens and streamlined lanes, eliminating numbered stanchions (silver columns).—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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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 19 Jan. 2026.
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