variants or pendant
as in dangling
extending freely from a support from above the dining area is lit by tasteful pendent lamps over the tables

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Recent Examples of pendent The athlete's accessories, meanwhile, included two gold necklaces — one featuring a palm tree pendant. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 The pendant threads through Casino Royale and resurfaces in Quantum of Solace, where it’s revealed as a calling card of the network that ensnared Vesper; Bond (Daniel Craig) even carries it as a memento mori. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025 The Canadian actress and director chose the $31,700 Flèche hoop earrings and $14,600 pendant, styled by Jonathan Huguet in a Jacquemus look. Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 The dominant gray tone complements the cabinet’s silver hardware and dual over-island pendant lights. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025 The archangel of trendy-casual walkaroundfits (new word, please spread around) just stepped out in hip-hugging bootcut jeans, a loose and intentionally tattered white T-shirt, a gold pendant necklace, and dark sunglasses, an easy all-American look for a morning on the go. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025 Friend debuted in July 2024 with a promotional video that features brief clips of young adults navigating the world with a prototype pendant around their neck. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025 Photo : Sotheby's A pair of fancy intense yellow diamond and diamond pendent earrings. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 May 2025 Another key design in the collection is an elephant pendant, which features some 50 carats of pear-, oval- and brilliant-cut emeralds as well as 2 carats of diamonds. Lily Templeton, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • But with so many dangling threads, there’s already a clamor amongst the viewers and the cast/crew for another season.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.
    Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024

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“Pendent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pendent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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