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Recent Examples of frieze
Nearly 50 years would pass before Gardner climbed that tower again, this time in search of inspiration from the terra cotta friezes of birds of prey and Native American warriors that are carved into the side of the school’s building.
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Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The Yanks go for Nos. 9 and 10 beneath their white frieze.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
The frieze, estimated to be about 12,500 years old, depicts massive ice age beasts thought to have once roamed South America, including mastodons and ground sloths the size of a car.
—Laura Bassett, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2025
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Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The Yanks go for Nos. 9 and 10 beneath their white frieze.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
The frieze, estimated to be about 12,500 years old, depicts massive ice age beasts thought to have once roamed South America, including mastodons and ground sloths the size of a car.
—Laura Bassett, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frieze
Noun
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The finished pizza should have a thin crust with a puffy cornice around the edges, spotted with charring.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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The green cornice crowning the roofline had begun to fade, while layers of black paint and tattered posters peeled from the building’s exterior.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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There are other stops on the tour: the great room, which also features marble columns and marble entablatures, enhanced by wooden moldings and ceilings.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 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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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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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
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Astrologer Magi Helena's Your Daily Astrology column is syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide, with a daily readership in the millions.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Activists reported hearing strikes around Iran's capital.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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This includes an erstwhile Democrat who spent considerable time and political capital on the issue.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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In his opening remarks, committee lead lawyer Victor Dawes said the likeliest cause of the fire was that cigarettes lit other materials on fire on a platform in an air shaft between two low-level units in Wang Cheong House.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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In his opening remarks, committee lead lawyer Victor Dawes said the most likely cause of the fire was cigarettes that lit other materials on fire on a platform in an air shaft between two low-level units in Wang Cheong House.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The latter, which upped the ante on Crystal and Ryan's already growing fame, has become a pillar of the American film canon.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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So this is really undercutting what is supposed to be a key pillar of their affordability message.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Frieze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frieze. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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