plinth

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Recent Examples of plinth Within 90 minutes of the San Fernando City Council voting to get rid of its Chávez monument, the statuary had been bagged up, hoisted off its plinth and whisked away. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 And what if the base for the head is a plinth in the shape of a cardboard box? K. Desbouis, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026 As his public pronouncements became ever more circumspect, political commentators likened his approach to that of someone carrying a Ming vase across a polished museum floor, fixated on nothing more and nothing less than the task of delivering it safely to its plinth. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026 The sculpture is not large, measuring 7-feet wide and standing 6-foot-6 inches high without a plinth. Eric Adler august 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plinth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plinth
Noun
  • The orders, which were issued by third district court commissioner Russell Minas, are in place for three years and require Paul and Mortensen to stay at least 100 feet away from each other.
    Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • According to investigators, Anderson stands at about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 220 pounds.
    Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The finished pedestal looks like something from a garden boutique, and the whole project comes together in minutes.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In this TikTok video, the creator grabs items from Dollar Tree and uses her hot glue gun to stack the votive and the candle holder into a customized garden pedestal.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the window sits a horse saddle on an old Swinger sewing machine stand, a nod to her parents.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • Mauricio drove it 421 feet into the right-center stands.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • From the mezzanine, a man dressed as George Washington watched as King Charles III made his way through the crowd and up to the dais.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Major Garrett Chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett was sitting at a table close to the dais.
    Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Infantino was forced to return to the podium, while the two representatives stood apart.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Belichick and several of Brady’s former teammates — including Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Randy Moss and Bledsoe, whom Brady famously replaced as the Patriots’ starting quarterback in 2001 — all had their turns at the podium, as did his former on-field rival Peyton Manning.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When your foundation feels steady, everything else begins to move forward with more ease.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • Life forms of increasing complexity filled the seas, providing the evolutionary foundations for nearly every phylum alive today.
    Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • My husband has a large following on social media platforms due to his former career.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The layout includes an ergonomic cockpit, a refined interior with a twin cabin aft, and a teak deck with fold-out platforms and sunpads forward and aft.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Plinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinth. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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