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Recent Examples of cornice
The larger room sports parquet flooring, detailed cornices, the original window shutters, and a wood-burning fireplace, while the smaller, cozier space, also with a fireplace, is painted mustard yellow.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Then, nearing the top, the group encountered a large cornice.
—Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
The warehouse features a striking decorative concrete cornice made up of rectangles and squares.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
There are few design elements that have such notable Southern appeal as that of a cornice.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Then, nearing the top, the group encountered a large cornice.
—Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
The warehouse features a striking decorative concrete cornice made up of rectangles and squares.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
There are few design elements that have such notable Southern appeal as that of a cornice.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornice
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On Wednesday, behind the office building where there are wall friezes created by McGraw-Hill, shy deer and a jackrabbit darted away.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
31 July 2025
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These included reproductions of paintings by Degas, Dürer, Raphael, and Manet, and also images of Javanese dancers and the friezes at the temple of Borobudur.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Aug. 2024
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Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 May 2025
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The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 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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But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 2025
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Harried enjoyed a colorful green and purple display with vast pillars reaching high into the sky, as well as a subtle green glow as activity began to wane.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Britain’s ruling Labour party has made AI services and infrastructure, including large new data centers, a key pillar of its economic growth strategy, although the government has been criticized for tax policies that restrict the growth of its tech companies.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sharing this column with other people who play ReHeardle would be appreciated too.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Green Street’s impressive large white arches — referred to as wickets and reaching 25 feet in height — also incorporate design elements of Everything Changes with a Dream with maple-leaf patterns similar to the large sculpture.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cutaway sides leave the arch exposed, balanced by a slim stiletto heel measuring just over four inches.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Cornice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornice. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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