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as in pilasters
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure
engraved columns supported the arch on either side
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Recent Examples of columns
Sam wrote columns on Veach’s offseason focus and on how the Kelce decision is more complicated beneath the surface.
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Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.
—Ken Toltz, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
His columns, exclusive to the Tribune, now appear the first week of every month.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
The journalist and historian has written thousands of articles, columns, and editorials, and has earned multiple lifetime achievement honors, and has authored or edited 14 books on LGBTQ+ history.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
There are even distressed-looking columns.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026
The front exterior of the house stands out with two Ionic columns and climbing roses draped over the entrance.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
For the next several months, most of my columns will directly or indirectly relate to this laudable initiative.
—Frank Lennon, The Providence Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Today, just a few columns and sections remain, but visitors can walk through and imagine what used to be.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.
—Ken Toltz, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
His columns, exclusive to the Tribune, now appear the first week of every month.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
The journalist and historian has written thousands of articles, columns, and editorials, and has earned multiple lifetime achievement honors, and has authored or edited 14 books on LGBTQ+ history.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
There are even distressed-looking columns.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026
The front exterior of the house stands out with two Ionic columns and climbing roses draped over the entrance.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
For the next several months, most of my columns will directly or indirectly relate to this laudable initiative.
—Frank Lennon, The Providence Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Today, just a few columns and sections remain, but visitors can walk through and imagine what used to be.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for columns
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Repeat this process several times as the plants grow, keeping a couple of inches between rows of string.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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Here is the City of Boston's entire database (25,000 and then some rows long).—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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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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Ojeda doubled the lead six minutes later as Orlando broke through Miami’s leaky lines.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Long lines at gas stations across the capital suggested fears of possible fuel shortages or plans by many to leave the city.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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The three pillars of the Alpha Plan involve an Alpha Phone, which is the Robot Phone that was unveiled along with the humanoid.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Three pillars The World Bank Group is pursuing the first path with urgency, bringing together public finance, knowledge, private capital and risk-management tools around a jobs strategy built on three pillars.—
Ajaypal Banga,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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In late 2022, overloaded presale queues for the domestic leg of Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour caused the site to crash and led Ticketmaster to cancel the sale.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC news,
2 Mar. 2026
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Each year, the nation’s streaming services dump literally hundreds of original drama and comedy series into our queues, to say nothing of the cartoons, stand-up specials, and multipart documentaries on offer.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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That set off a furor that prompted Congress to pass legislation demanding that the Justice Department release the files.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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Those emails were revealed in the Department of Justice's latest release of files related to Epstein, who died in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Yet another style of strings, neither classical nor Irish, can be found when the all-female bluegrass act Della Mae, from Boston, visit The Kate in Old Saybrook.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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All five of the Hollywood Drift coaster trains will have the same four Fast & Furious cars in the same order – Dodge Charger, Mazda RX-7, Nissan Skyline GT-R and Toyota Supra MK IV.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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Now, three weeks later (and after flights and buses and trains around Korea and Taiwan), both injuries are still inflamed and painful and energy-sapping.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Columns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columns. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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