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frieze

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Definition of frieze

as in cornice

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Recent Examples of frieze Sunlight bounced off the snow and the building’s monumental limestone facade, and the friezes almost disappeared in the glare. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 In contrast to other examples of Greek temple art and even other parts of the Parthenon, where mythic gods and heroes predominate, the frieze shows everyday mortals, perhaps even the contemporaries of those who carved it and viewed it. — James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 Iconic features such as the museum’s historic frieze are preserved and expanded while improving research and exhibition spaces. — Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026 The frieze extends across the perimeter gallery of Serpentine North, charting the change of seasons at the artist’s former studio in Normandy, France. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for frieze

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Windows cornice the terracotta roofs of Rome, the city’s domes, bell towers and hidden courtyards.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Designers maintained or upgraded as many original pieces as possible, like fireplaces, cornice work and windows.

— Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of cornice

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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
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

Definition of entablature

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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
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

Definition of architrave

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The obvious — though not necessarily correct — assumption is that a big and dumbass engineering error is at fault here, a miscalculation that the structural columns of the old building would be able to carry the new stories on top and couldn’t.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 14 July 2026
In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

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Authorities in the Belgian capital said that a number of charred bodies had been found in an elevator at the site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Collado said the capital regional area has more than 9,000 hotel rooms, along with thousands of short-term rental units.

— Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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Bond-building treatments, which work on the internal structure of the hair shaft, are a different category but often used in the same rotation.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
During anagen, cells at the base of the follicle divide rapidly, pushing the hair shaft outward at roughly half an inch per month on a healthy scalp.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of shaft

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About 42% of Colombia’s territory is covered by Amazon rainforest, and the Petro administration made rainforest protection and a transition away from fossil fuels central pillars of its environmental agenda.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Early last year, El-Sayed travelled to Washington for introductory meetings with various pillars of the Democratic establishment.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

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