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Recent Examples of palisade
Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
The other, though crucial, faces steep palisades and deep waters, requiring more time and resources.
—Kathleen Kewley, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent additions to the grounds include The Ralston Family Collections Center, a Mission Gate and Lunette, and replicas of an 18-pounder cannon and a palisade, all part of the $550 million Alamo Plan.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
The other, though crucial, faces steep palisades and deep waters, requiring more time and resources.
—Kathleen Kewley, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent additions to the grounds include The Ralston Family Collections Center, a Mission Gate and Lunette, and replicas of an 18-pounder cannon and a palisade, all part of the $550 million Alamo Plan.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palisade
Noun
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Here's how Congress might fix Social Security Social Security is hurtling toward a fiscal cliff.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the footage continues, Muirhead glides over cliffs and homes, laptop in hand, appearing to continue his work mid-flight.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The school district announced the tentative agreement with Local 99 in an alert just five hours before employees were scheduled to picket outside their campuses.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Members of both unions plan to picket outside Kaiser Oakland Medical Center, Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Rosa Medical Center, Sacramento Medical Center and Fresno Medical Center.—
Catherine Ho,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The interiors are timbered wall to wall, from chunky Lincoln Log-style beams to vertical beams cut with their natural edges left intact.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
23 Feb. 2026
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Goldsworthy had filled a gallery, wall to wall, with a sea of stones, ranging from pebbles to small boulders.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a heated pool and hot tub (the latter is on an elevated bluff, which offers sunset views), and an outdoor shower lets guests soak in the surrounding nature as much as possible.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stroll past the historic school and grist mill to find natural treasures along the trails that stretch through bluffs and other dramatic rock formations.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Junior center fielder Gracie Del Toro made a diving catch of a sinking liner to preserve the no-hitter in the fourth.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Edison’s crews, Johnson said, have also been trained to use equipment that avoids roots and preserves the health of trees.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2026
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Among their first outings together was a trip to a local Colorado crag.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But noise, as well as glare, are typically buffered with vegetative landscaping and setbacks, or the distance between the property line and the nearest structure.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Though the dugongs are currently buffered from the conflict in the strait, Bartholomew noted that a spill reaching their coastal waters would pose a serious threat.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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