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Recent Examples of frieze
Design flourishes like the Ocean Bar’s bonefish frieze — complete with a top hat and cigar — add a playful wink to the otherwise polished aesthetic.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.
—Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
Its friezes depict a procession of gods, warriors, and mythical animals; its metopes, single panels within the larger frieze, narrate mythological battles of the Athenians against the Amazonians and the Centaurs, alluding to the Greco-Persian wars.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The sumptuous Unesco heritage site designed by Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, is graced by an original Gustav Klimt mosaic frieze, The Tree of Life (1905-1911).
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.
—Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
Its friezes depict a procession of gods, warriors, and mythical animals; its metopes, single panels within the larger frieze, narrate mythological battles of the Athenians against the Amazonians and the Centaurs, alluding to the Greco-Persian wars.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The sumptuous Unesco heritage site designed by Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, is graced by an original Gustav Klimt mosaic frieze, The Tree of Life (1905-1911).
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frieze
Noun
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Then, nearing the top, the group encountered a large cornice.—
Zoe Gates,
Outside Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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The lobby occupies a long, narrow hallway with arches, vaulted ceilings, checkerboard floors, and cornices.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Aug. 2024
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Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
2 Feb. 2015
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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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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Times culture critic Mary McNamara wrote a column about how this play about John Proctor and #MeToo cured her of her aversion to theatrical works-in-progress.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The home is in the central part of the state about 70 miles west of Lincoln, the state capital.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The fixture list added further intrigue to that race, Atalanta facing Roma on Monday evening while Juve headed to the Italian capital on Saturday evening to take on a Lazio side that was on a six-game unbeaten run.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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What to look for: Large porch and classical corner pilasters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
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Located at 25 West Hills Drive, a quiet cul-de-sac in Avon, this colonial has undeniable curb appeal enhanced by a central front door that is recessed for protection from the weather and defined by pilasters on either side.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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One surreal instant later, Allan Houston put down a forceful dribble, curled around Dan Majerle as tightly as a stripe on a candy cane and discovered a shaft of light.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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These vibrators are specifically designed for vaginal stimulation, with an extra shaft for additional clitoral stimulation and have the look of rabbit ears, hence the name.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
15 May 2025
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Each prompt targets one of her four pillars of healthy workplace relationships—trust, belonging, recognition, and collective resilience—and it’s designed to be played at an off-site meeting, while onboarding a new employee, during a one-on-one check-in, or at an after-work happy hour.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
20 May 2025
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These unbreakable pillars create the framework everything else fits around.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Frieze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frieze. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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