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Recent Examples of frieze
At his Yale School of Architecture, casts of antique friezes line the walls of the stark interior, togaed statuary poised under the great central skylight.
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Monumental staircases, fountains, friezes and portraits quietly transformed the Oasi Zegna landscape into a living museum, according to the company.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Instead, Adams places his characters like figures in a frieze, posing against a sweeping panoply of history.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The exterior is divided into three horizontal sections: one from stone, then brick, and finally a terra-cotta frieze.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Monumental staircases, fountains, friezes and portraits quietly transformed the Oasi Zegna landscape into a living museum, according to the company.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Instead, Adams places his characters like figures in a frieze, posing against a sweeping panoply of history.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The exterior is divided into three horizontal sections: one from stone, then brick, and finally a terra-cotta frieze.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frieze
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Its Bolnisi tuff façade, monumental cornices, and double atriums gave it a commanding presence on the city’s main thoroughfare.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Technicians have reportedly worked for months not only on restoring the interiors but also on structural repairs, including fixing a detached cornice from one of the kitchen windows.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 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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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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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.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sharing this column with other people who play ReHeardle would be appreciated too.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 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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But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 2025
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Some suggested the bodies fell through a vertical shaft or were gradually swept in by water or sediment.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Then, at the end of the episode, Slightly pulls Arthur’s body into a ventilation shaft, in what could be a belated act of regret or an attempt to preserve a Xenomorph host body before any other aliens can eat it.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Harried enjoyed a colorful green and purple display with vast pillars reaching high into the sky, as well as a subtle green glow as activity began to wane.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Britain’s ruling Labour party has made AI services and infrastructure, including large new data centers, a key pillar of its economic growth strategy, although the government has been criticized for tax policies that restrict the growth of its tech companies.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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