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Recent Examples of colonnade
President Trump is doing a major project at the White House colonnade and was spotted there with Judge Jeanine.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
At night, the hotel glows golden—casting long shadows across gleaming marble colonnades and mirrored infinity pools that catch the stars like sequins.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast to Pei’s modernist pyramid, officials want the new entrance to blend into the 17th-century colonnade.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Many people walked with care around the colonnades flanking this historic piazza.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
At night, the hotel glows golden—casting long shadows across gleaming marble colonnades and mirrored infinity pools that catch the stars like sequins.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast to Pei’s modernist pyramid, officials want the new entrance to blend into the 17th-century colonnade.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Many people walked with care around the colonnades flanking this historic piazza.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonnade
Noun
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The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Past a circular motor court, a host of elegant design features present themselves, from its stone and limestone facade, where a towering arched doorway tucked into a portico embellished with Corinthian columns makes for a grand entrance to the home, to its mansard roof.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As a result, sightlines were poor — particularly behind the two goals, where a combination of the shallow terrace rake and one-deck design meant fans could be up to 200 metres from the nearest goal line.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The restaurant has a second-floor outdoor terrace with elevated views of Woodward Avenue and Comerica Park.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police observed a man approaching the porch and attempting to steal the package.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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More officers arrived on the scene to assist and soon after, an officer found Cullen on the front porch of a house sweating.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Colonnade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonnade. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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