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as in towers
a large, magnificent, or massive building
the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices
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as in buildings
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity
the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch
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as in structures
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language
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Recent Examples of edifices
Every corner of the island bears witness to physical remnants of the seven nations whose flags once crowned its edifices, giving visitors the impression of exploring a living history book still intact.
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Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The three connected edifices form a delightful maze of spaces, with stairways and corridors linking the buildings, and six different elevators serving the six floors.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The three connected edifices form a delightful maze of spaces, with stairways and corridors linking the buildings, and six different elevators serving the six floors.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for edifices
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The American Lung Association holds fundraising events each spring in office towers in cities across the country.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Dallas officials scouting locations for a possible new City Hall reviewed at least 15 sites, ranging from downtown office towers to redevelopment properties in southern Dallas and warehouse space near the Cedars.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Washington Examiner learned that while ICE has publicly disclosed plans to buy roughly 10 warehouses and convert them into immigrant holding sites, another component of that plan focuses on gaining control of the land and buildings where existing detention sites are located.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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The attack hit four districts, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions, enterprises and critical infrastructure, the head of the regional administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, wrote in a social media post.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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However, parts of both areas were inaccessible because of empty event structures and the four-day Gymreapers Wodapalooza along the sand and Lummus Park.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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At least 12 structures have been destroyed, according to the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The theaters, the parks, the cathedrals, the skyscrapers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Grain elevators rise like prairie cathedrals.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Unlike incumbent ecosystems, which have already invested, or perhaps sunk, hundreds of billions into today’s foundation-model architectures, Europe’s current generation of AI researchers and entrepreneurs can start fresh.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Future designs may scale to larger architectures.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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There would be long flights, days in the sun of Delhi and in the potentially cold and rainy mountains of Rajasthan, dusty and packed queues to get into mosques and palaces, and time spent exploring street food stalls and markets.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Grand Lake Theater opened this week in March 1926, during a period when hundreds of movie palaces were opening around the United States every year.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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In research settings—and increasingly in clinical care—physicians rely on structured frameworks designed to standardize how disease activity is measured.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
13 Mar. 2026
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Taken together, these projects demonstrate what artists can accomplish outside of traditional institutional frameworks.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Masia believes the project will help strengthen Europe’s position in robotics by providing one of the most advanced robotics infrastructures around the globe.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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In order to keep New Yorkers safe, the NYPD monitors threats 24 hours a day from its Joint Operations Center, where intelligence analysts scan city streets, bridges and sensitive locations and infrastructures.—
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Edifices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifices. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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