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girders

noun

plural of girder

as in beams

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The beams, in a 32-story project at 222 Broadway expected to yield nearly 800 apartment units, had been wrapped in steel as a makeshift fix, the agency said.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Yuri was able to gain more ceiling height by taking away the sheetrock and exposing the ceiling beams.

— Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2026

Definition of beams

Noun

Tucked under a gleaming glass corporate office, bold, gold arches adorn a plush green dining room with mini-metallic pinwheels dancing along the ceiling like a Cai Guo-Qiang art installation.

— Shindy Chen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

Definition of arches

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There are 12 teams in the tournament, divided into two six-team brackets in a double elimination format.

— Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Ukrainian analysts first identified this capability after inspecting a downed Gerbera and observing mounting brackets for FPV drones.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of brackets

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Here’s a roundup of the month’s biggest stories from Bud Kennedy’s Eats Beat columns.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
At the end of the street is the imposing Gringotts bank with its colossal marble columns and gleaming chandeliers hanging down from a domed ceiling.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of columns

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Dior’s men’s fragrance business revolves around two modern pillars—Sauvage and Homme—and the prolific Kurkdjian thinks about the two pillars as neighboring territories.

— Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026
ScreenshotA complaint that appears to have been filed on July 8, 2021, through the county's SeeClickFix, or 311, online reporting system described cracking and chipping concrete pillars in the building's underground parking garage.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of pillars

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Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
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

Definition of pilasters

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The device had the explosive force of one kilogram of TNT and was packed with metal ball bearings intended to increase casualties, according to the newspaper.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
Aerospace needed more capacity in forgings, castings, transparencies, bearings, fasteners and other specialized products.

— Alex Krutz, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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