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Recent Examples of handrail
Drywood termites don’t make colonies underground but live in structural timbers or even furniture and handrails inside a home.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t a tourist cave tour with handrails and electric lighting.
—Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
There is also no handrail on the basement steps.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The city determined that because the stairway historically has had one handrail, the team will not need to add a second one as part of the repair and can leave the existing handrail in place.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t a tourist cave tour with handrails and electric lighting.
—Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
There is also no handrail on the basement steps.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The city determined that because the stairway historically has had one handrail, the team will not need to add a second one as part of the repair and can leave the existing handrail in place.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handrail
Noun
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People on the patio leapt from their seats and crowded the railing, holding up their phones.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Solplex Solar Deck Lights 16 Pack, Warm White Safely illuminate steps, gardens, railings, and more with 16 warm white LED lights.—
Quincy Bulin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There is a staircase with a decorative wrought-iron balustrade railing, a bedroom with bold, flower wallpaper, and in what appears to be an entry way, Rococo gilt-wood mirrors.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
23 Dec. 2025
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Think ornate stuccoes, regal salons, wrought-iron balustrades, and panoramic terraces that offer breathtaking views of Palermo and the verdant Piana dei Colli.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That religious practice would lead to the famous Shaker aesthetics, most notably seen in furniture, but also wooden boxes, staircases, banisters, and architecture.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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Open the door and sure enough there’s a classic center hall with wide-plank floors and a stair with a polished wood banister.—
Catherine Hong,
Architectural Digest,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But the billionaire has pushed back against guardrails for Grok within the firm, one source with knowledge of the situation at xAI told CNN.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Smart guardrails protect independence while preventing irreversible mistakes.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The visit comes months after the fatal August stabbing of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska on the city’s LYNX Blue Line light rail.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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But as the season progressed, the [shudders] discourse really went off the rails.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handrail. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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