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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 playground would be the envy of children anywhere; Stratton, a father of two, pointed out a water park, a climbing wall, and rope climbing towers.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Green got down on one knee on a stage covered with white curtains and flanked by two tall towers of lush white flowers.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Strict regulations required the new buildings to follow the exact blueprint of the original layout, so bungalows, villas and residences are scattered between lush gardens and the shoreline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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In February, a large contingent of city residents made the short drive into Indianapolis to one of Indiana’s most revered basketball cathedrals, Hinkle Fieldhouse.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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What looked like a narrow corridor of cosmic architectures now opens into an embarrassment of possibilities.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Organizations may experiment constantly, yet their architectures of experimentation increasingly resemble one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Mar. 2026
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Several of the royal palaces hold public egg hunts according to the Crown’s official website, but the royal family doesn’t host or participate in any of them.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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Most visitors to London see an old-world scrim of royal palaces, ancient pubs and West End theaters.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Potenza emphasized broader implications for mental health frameworks and future research directions.—
Crista Marchesseault,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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The United States has experience in encouraging economic transitions through regulatory modernization and private-sector development frameworks, and that expertise can be shared in ways that respect national sovereignty.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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These power interests are central to contemporary military and domestic security infrastructures, as advanced AI systems are now embedded in weapons of war and underly mass surveillance and intelligence operations.—
Dr. Timothy Scott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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If atoms can indeed act as sensitive probes of spacetime ripples, future detectors may no longer rely solely on massive infrastructures.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Edifices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifices. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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