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Recent Examples of column
Regulators ordered the active monorail to temporarily halt operations for a day, with Boring workers exposing the base of another column a few months later.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
The winner of this game moves ahead of the other in the win column in the NFC West race.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
This column is the second installment in a three-part series about hiking many of the state park’s trails.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
The path curls beneath bristling columns and then drops steeply over the side.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
The winner of this game moves ahead of the other in the win column in the NFC West race.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
This column is the second installment in a three-part series about hiking many of the state park’s trails.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
The path curls beneath bristling columns and then drops steeply over the side.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for column
Noun
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Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage mobile homes and other buildings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Some incredible lines come out of people’s mouths, and then the clouds gather again.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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
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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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Kelly also said some proposals would significantly alter Starbucks’ operations, such as giving workers the ability to shut down mobile ordering if a store has more than five orders in the queue.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Long queues have been building up at food banks in various states amid the funding lapse, and in total, 28 states have increased funding for food banks to help support SNAP recipients.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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As prosecutor general, Saab has been a key legal pillar of Nicolás Maduro’s government, overseeing cases against opposition leaders, protesters, journalists and civil society activists.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are rows of fire trucks that all need repairs, but Cleary said the city needs to do more than repair the aging fleet.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For the first time in more than four months, Washington Commanders General Manager Adam Peters and Coach Dan Quinn sat together in front of a row of cameras Monday and fielded questions from reporters.—
Tom Schad,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Jennifer Aniston has found love with wellness coach and hypnotist Jim Curtis after a string of high-profile romances with fellow Hollywood stars, including Brad Pitt, Justin Theroux, Vince Vaughn and John Mayer.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Current had to pull quite a few strings personnel-wise.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Greene, who raised eyebrows in recent years by backing unfounded conspiracy theories, has strayed from the GOP on issues such as healthcare, the record-setting government shutdown, and the Jeffrey Epstein files.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Column.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/column. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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