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Recent Examples of handrail
The hotel has two accessible guest rooms, each with a wider entrance and handrails.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Inside the vehicle, the koala, named Peri, latched onto a yellow handrail and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 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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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Inside the vehicle, the koala, named Peri, latched onto a yellow handrail and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 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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The color, style, and design of railings, trim, porch columns, and even balusters can have a heavy impact on the appearance of the home.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
13 Mar. 2026
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The ironwork on the railings and lack of a spandrel wall are technological innovations of their time — but only of their time.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The city has tried to anticipate higher river levels in some recent projects and Public Works Project Manager Bob Scott told several dozen people gathered for the update that the next balustrade could stand about two feet higher than the earlier barriers.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
27 Feb. 2026
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Son Net started life in 1672, as the palacio of the Net family, who had the balustrades, vaulted ceilings and frescoes designed in the European aristocratic style now most readily associated with Renaissance Italy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The leader of Philadelphia’s Gay Raiders handcuffed himself to a bannister in Independence Hall, by the Liberty Bell.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Ornate banisters and molding customary of the baronial style lay the groundwork, while decor additions like an antique globe bar cart with a compass design on its base provide thoughtful nods that only eagle-eyed fans may notice.—
Alison McDermott,
Architectural Digest,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those debates were largely unnecessary because our leaders’ sense of honor served as our guardrails.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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House lawmakers again sought to place guardrails on the governor’s authority over immigration enforcement; the Senate did not.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After decades of dreaming, planning and building, the South Shore Line’s West Lake Corridor rail service will finally begin March 31.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The film easily could've gone off the rails in less capable hands, but Yeoh grounds it in an emotional truth as Evelyn journeys from embittered to empowered.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handrail. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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