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as in feet
a bottom part upon which something rests or is supported
The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case. The entrance to the ruined temple was flanked by columns, some of which had fallen from their pedestals.
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as in thrones
the position of someone who is treated or regarded as extraordinarily good, successful, etc.
There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal. The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal.
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Recent Examples of pedestals
In the temple's crumbling courtyard, little remains… mostly empty pedestals scattered among the Sralao trees.
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Chef Rob McDaniel is an expert at taking nostalgic Southern dishes and elevating them onto impressive new pedestals.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Create a sculpture trail by adding unique plant pedestals and pots as well as sculptures and glass lawn ornaments.
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Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
10 May 2026
Elevate Your Machines Elevating your washer and dryer with the help of pedestals offers extra storage space for pull-out drawers below.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
In addition, about a third of the mannequins are placed on pedestals, with the others at ground level.
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ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
On Soho's Carnaby Street, an NFL pop-up shop sells blue-and-gold London Games jerseys and bomber jackets, while the New Era baseball cap shop has Jaguars and Rams hats on pedestals in the window.
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Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
Clemishire added that pastors should not be put on pedestals and that too often, the victims are ignored.
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Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
The group was later able to recover the statue — with the figures ripped from their pedestals and broken into pieces — and set about trying to re-erect it.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Chef Rob McDaniel is an expert at taking nostalgic Southern dishes and elevating them onto impressive new pedestals.
—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Create a sculpture trail by adding unique plant pedestals and pots as well as sculptures and glass lawn ornaments.
—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
10 May 2026
Elevate Your Machines Elevating your washer and dryer with the help of pedestals offers extra storage space for pull-out drawers below.
—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
In addition, about a third of the mannequins are placed on pedestals, with the others at ground level.
—
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
On Soho's Carnaby Street, an NFL pop-up shop sells blue-and-gold London Games jerseys and bomber jackets, while the New Era baseball cap shop has Jaguars and Rams hats on pedestals in the window.
—
Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
Clemishire added that pastors should not be put on pedestals and that too often, the victims are ignored.
—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
The group was later able to recover the statue — with the figures ripped from their pedestals and broken into pieces — and set about trying to re-erect it.
—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedestals
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Using strobes and a long exposure time to allow the maximum amount of available light to hit his lens, Cooley snags about 50 shots of the 20-foot-tall tree, which stands vigil over a street where nearly all the homes burned.
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Firefighters, meanwhile, quickly contained the blaze to a 10-by-10-foot area.
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Restless children, amped up on sugary drinks and chocolate bars, struggle to sit still in the theater’s red vinyl seats.
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The house was full every single night, with only 1,617 empty seats tallied across those five matches over the past two weeks.
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Integration is central to modern missile defense, bringing together sensors, platforms, data, and decision-making tools into a more connected digital environment.
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New research reveals 80% of consumers learn about brand crises on social platforms, expecting swift, transparent engagement over traditional press releases.
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From the cheapest cuts to the most expensive, Argentina is tops, asserts Barahona, who has worked in restaurants across Argentina, Uruguay, and Texas.
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Think jackets, skirts, tops and shorts finished on both sides.
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Their radical act wasn't to reject law, but to defend it, believing the British government had abandoned its own legal foundations.
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Policymakers should treat it as a reminder that the country’s foundations are still cracking — and if the drift continues, the next rupture will be something darker.
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Sale items include classroom furniture such as desks, chairs, bookshelves, tables and podiums, the post says.
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The e-gates will use real-time biometric verification to match CLEAR+ members' face with their ID, allowing passengers to verify their identity in under five seconds and skip documentation checks at Transportation Security Administration podiums and proceed directly to physical screening.
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Brick pillars are embedded with bronze plaques listing the players and manager from each of the franchise’s three World Series championship teams.
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Personalized treatments are built around three pillars—energetic renewal, conscious longevity, and stress management—and integrated with the landscape and architecture of the property and the regional cuisine.
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Steel columns throughout the terminal are structured similarly to trees, and the area is lit by constellation lighting reminiscent of the Appalachian night sky.
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Dust columns could be seen in two capital neighborhoods with typically busy restaurants and other businesses.
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“Pedestals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedestals. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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