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mountings

noun

plural of mounting

as in mounts

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else built a new mounting for the engine

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Among the most notable is the Acropolis in Athens with its iconic ruins of ancient civilization preserved as columned edifices, stone statues, and temple mounts.

— Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Impressively, Fever retained the Dax's single-channel front ABS system by machining custom wheel-speed sensor discs and fabricating mounts for both the ABS module and the factory tip-over sensor.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

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The birds mostly divide their time between remote northern bogs and muddy South American shores.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Yemen, with Perim at the center, is becoming another potential front line in the confrontation between Washington and Tehran, and a reminder that the consequences of its war no longer stop at its shores.

— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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But when the margins are thin, the offensive reinforcements to supplement a young core are nonexistent, and the pressure is on, every mistake is costly.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Whether those reinforcements will be back Friday remains to be seen.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of reinforcements

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The trunk lid was reinforced and features a huge, adjustable carbon fiber wing mounted on trapezoidal supports.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
Millions of children live in families losing access to medical care, food, tax credits, and other supports as federal and state governments roll back eligibility for immigrants with and without legal status.

— Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of supports

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Lumbar support braces designed to provide relief from chronic low back pain may not be as effective as people have been led to believe, with scientists finding that recommendations are based on low-quality evidence.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Two South Florida men were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a nearly $35 million health care scam after billing Medicare for thousands of orthotic braces sent to beneficiaries who did not need them.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

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