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Noun
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Three setbacks provide space for landscaped terraces, and at these floors, the structural columns slope inward, becoming tall buttresses that reintegrate into the latticework.—
Adam Williams
April 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition, about a third of the mannequins are placed on pedestals, with the others at ground level.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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In addition, about a third of the mannequins are placed on pedestals, with the others at ground level.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Flying buttresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flying%20buttresses. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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