cornices

Definition of cornicesnext
plural of cornice

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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • North Korean Air Koryo resumed flights between the two nations’ capitals in 2023.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Paris joined several other European capitals to announce that additional warships would be deployed to the Mediterranean, along with anti-drone and anti-missile defenses, to help defend Cyprus.
    Elena Giuliano, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Gossip columns speculate about her future.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Spread out between the wooden pillars on the ground floor, The Garden restaurant is Aleenta's main dining room.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Beyond the familiar pillars of materials, complications, finishing, and technical merit, there is sometimes an intangible element, a certain coherence or emotional clarity, that elevates a watch from being simply well-made to genuinely interesting to a watch-a-holic.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The mine shafts oblige them generously, particularly after a bender or a jilting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That list includes several top-20 players and notables playing the brand’s popular iron shafts, such as Lydia Ko (KBS VX Lite 90) and Hye-Jin Choi (PGI 90).
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These fun pink clogs channel spring flowers while their contoured footbed cradles your arches, and the adjustable heel strap keeps them secure.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Examples of artwork that debuted with Green Street’s August opening are a 14-foot-tall lighted signature sculpture, large white arches — referred to as wickets, a digital banner mural on the Green Street Market building and a mural greeting visitors inside the city’s parking garage.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Cornices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornices. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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