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Recent Examples of plinth
The sculpture appeared to have been erected in the early hours of Wednesday on a plinth on a traffic island in Waterloo Place, near Buckingham Palace.
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The fifth commission for the plinth on the High Line elevated park is an homage to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the pair of 6th-century colossi in central Afghanistan that the Taliban blew up in 2001.
—Benjamin Sutton, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Surrounding the basin, which would have been filled with water, is a complex system of drainage channels; at its center is a square plinth that may have supported a statue of the local deity Pelusius.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Slowly, my vision expands to include the gray-veined white marble plinth on which the throne rests.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The fifth commission for the plinth on the High Line elevated park is an homage to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the pair of 6th-century colossi in central Afghanistan that the Taliban blew up in 2001.
—Benjamin Sutton, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Surrounding the basin, which would have been filled with water, is a complex system of drainage channels; at its center is a square plinth that may have supported a statue of the local deity Pelusius.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Slowly, my vision expands to include the gray-veined white marble plinth on which the throne rests.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plinth
Noun
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My feet were now the feet of a dead man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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The home, built in 1956, has an interior space of 1,436 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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This is not the first statue the administration has put back on a pedestal.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 May 2026
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Neymar, though, has always been on a pedestal.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Reeve said Kayla McBride led the defensive stand that limited Chicago’s chances in the paint.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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During peach season, purchase fruits from local growers at a farm stand or farmers' market.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Talk show host Montel Williams, who is Black, even walking off the dais, per The New York Times.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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Though the five-member board is non-partisan, Chaffee was the first Democrat to serve on its dais in 12 years.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Pylkkänen, who sometimes takes to the rostrum for Fair Warning, told me that private sales are being boosted by a new upper tier of collectors that have become wary of buying at auction.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Are members of Congress really supposed to sit meekly and quietly while the president uses the rostrum of their chamber to abuse and insult them in the ugliest language?—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In a break from tradition in which only senators can speak in the historic, third-floor chamber, various high-ranking officials stepped up to the podium to tell their stories about Looney as a Senate giant and living legend.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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Janet Diel, a former Burbank transportation commissioner, did speak in favor, giving a strong endorsement of the project from the podium.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Domestic capabilities are the foundation American ingenuity was a genesis for AI, from the invention of the transistor to the development of the transformer, which enables large language models.—
Olivia White,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Freedom 250 has its own employees, but the foundation provides federal funds and the park service approves the events and reviews their budgets, according to the website.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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One of the only calendar moments the site leans into is Halloween, where thousands upon thousands of videos flood the platform, from DIY Halloween costume tutorials to full-length horror films, a YouTube spokesman tells me.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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These operational realities influenced the development of Beacon Connect, a platform designed to improve communication and visibility for transportation teams, schools, and families through real-time operational insights and coordination tools.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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“Plinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinth. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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