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Recent Examples of colonnade
With its intricate designs, the Ca D’Oro is both opulent and powerful with its Arab influences, Gothic motifs of centerpiece lace decoration and Renaissance design elements with its colonnade and right wing.
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The courtyard is circular in shape, surrounded by a curved marble colonnade that supports a series of marble arches.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
The wing traditionally served as the office of the First Lady, and previously housed a portico as well as a colonnade that led to the Executive Residence.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Black and white presidential portraits now hang along the colonnade near the Oval Office in gold frames.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The courtyard is circular in shape, surrounded by a curved marble colonnade that supports a series of marble arches.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
The wing traditionally served as the office of the First Lady, and previously housed a portico as well as a colonnade that led to the Executive Residence.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Black and white presidential portraits now hang along the colonnade near the Oval Office in gold frames.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonnade
Noun
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Photographs of Hardy and Darc under the portico and inside the main entrance hall are still admired today.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Guests will enter through a cantilevered teakwood portico framed by a vertical garden of wisteria and climbing roses.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, The Barn, which opens onto parkland, is earthy, jolly, and informal – blazing stone fireplace in winter, open to the elements and spilling out into the parkland-facing terrace in summer – and has laid-back brasserie-style menus (veggie burgers, chateaubriand, ribs, chicken pie et al).—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
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Paths traversing the hillside, a wraparound porch and leafy terraces are integral to outside living at the Nittler Residence.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Karen Powers stood on the porch as her brother and the adjuster engaged in a heated debate on the roof above her.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Upon noticing a doorbell camera, the subject calmly seeks foliage from Guthrie’s porch area to try and obscure the lens.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Colonnade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonnade. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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