girder

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Recent Examples of girder Recent close-up inspections found even more damage on the deck, bearings and girders than was revealed initially. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2024 His legs and feet disappear behind the green girder. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025 The NapoleonBob 500, a single-seat bobber with a faux girder fork and a throwback aesthetic, is the most interesting of the bikes announced for the US. New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025 Benda The fairings over the upside-down telescopic fork legs create the appearance of a pre-war-style girder design. New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for girder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girder
Noun
  • Packed in between curved wooden beams, translucent honeyed yellow square panels filter the weak sunlight into a more inviting summer afternoon hue.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
  • Let There Be Light – Students explored the properties of light: how a light bulb contains a rainbow of colors, what happens when a beam of laser light is trapped in water, and more.
    Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Garden set 25 years in the future with a cantilever designed to collect water.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Renovations to Fallingwater The structural success of Fallingwater’s cantilevers relies on their use of concrete reinforced with steel.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Around 75 major Canadian industry players and organizations have so far signed the statement of values, and more are expected to come on board after the unveiling in Banff.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
  • There were 20 people, including crew members, on board when the plane crashed.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • How to do it: To get the most out of a calf raise, slowly rise up onto the front of your foot by activating your arch and lifting your heel as high as is comfortable.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • Original plans for the arch were conceptualized in 95AD by Roman emperor Domitian, creating an inspiring feat of architecture and engineering that has lasted the test of time.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Mexican ship headed the wrong way before fatal Brooklyn Bridge crash, reports say Crew members dangled from mast crossbeams The ship cleared the dock but moved in reverse toward the bridge, authorities say.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
  • Minutes after clearing the dock, the vessel's three 147-foot (44.8-meter) masts were sheered by the underside of the bridge, Reuters reported, knocking several naval cadets off its crossbeams.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Removing the side bracket opens the cage to receive an SFX power supply.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 June 2025
  • Seniors Jacob Colton and Ben Macedo are the top seed in the doubles bracket.
    Dave Wright, Twin Cities, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • While flat trellises might accent a wall and arbors may provide a covered archway to walk through, pergolas are usually larger and beckon you to sit and relax awhile.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
  • If there's a silver lining to an otherwise senseless spate of arbor violence, Vejar said, the city now has an opportunity to diversify its urban forest.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Social media may help create a lasting nickname that is more on the money than those that were coined by political foes, or from the editorial column of any paper of record.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Broken flower stems and shorn columns symbolize early death.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025

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“Girder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girder. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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