pier

1
as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers tied the boat up at the pier

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2
as in pilaster
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure a bridge pier

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Recent Examples of pier This eliminates the need for temporary supports and allows longer spans without intermediate piers. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025 Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers. Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 That includes getting the state and local environmental permits needed to build a new marina out of scratch off the Seaquarium shores, including constructing piers on bay bottom owned by Miami-Dade. Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 Stroll to Cherry Street Pier, a onetime municipal pier turned cool public space with Delaware River views, resident-artist studios, and an open-air garden. Regan Stephens, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pier
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  • Rich in seafood and history, Rockport was once a vibrant hub for the export of timber and granite, and a dock was built in 1743 to make shipments easier.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Suarez also has sought to prevent people from living on sailboats, including by calling for the removal of a dock that boaters utilized to access food and water on land.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
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  • In the 2007-08 fiscal year, the port authority increased fees for five major services, including tugboats, water supply, wharf rent, container storage and container loading and unloading.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One day in April, Noone and I rode a ferry from downtown Sydney to Manly, where Young met us on the wharf.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • OpenAI unveiled a web browser on Tuesday in a bid to make its ChatGPT AI product the starting point for online access and establish itself as central pillar of the internet economy.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Removing the roof required a fair amount of engineering to ensure torsional rigidity, including strengthening the door sills, A-pillars, and adding cross-body braces.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • The trip begins and ends in the historic Ponta Delgada, with stops at Horta, known for its colorful quay walls and bustling marina that hosts virtually every yacht that crosses the Atlantic; and the UNESCO town of Angra do Heroísmo.
    Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • The structure itself is composed of two intersecting, circular forms, each 36 m (118 ft) wide, and elevated on slender steel columns.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
  • New England improved to 5-2 on the year and are one up in the win column over the Buffalo Bills for the lead in the AFC East.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Hamas says at least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the last week; Israeli officials said troops fired to prevent incursions across the yellow line, which is now being marked with colored stanchions as a clearer warning.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Some rope and stanchion kept them from knock, knocking on the wood.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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