plinth

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Recent Examples of plinth The stone plinth was erected in 1848 as Georgians began to recognize the significance of the signers’ historical contributions. Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026 The three princesses Atzimba, Eréndira and Tzetzangari The sculpture is not large — measuring 7 feet wide and standing 6 feet, 6 inches tall without a plinth — but its history is. Eric Adler june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 The main threat is vibrations, but with the help of vibration expert Kerstin Kracht, those have been reduced by 96 percent, says the report, to the same level a sculpture experiences on a plinth in a museum as visitors walk by. Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026 The monument, which depicts Rodney on horseback, was taken down from its plinth in Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware in 2020 in response to Black Lives Matter protests and a nationwide reckoning with racist police violence. News Desk, Artforum, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for plinth
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Noun
  • The 390-foot ferry, which was built in Japan in 1987, was also transporting 89 vehicles.
    IMAN SATRIA, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The new headquarters will be 70,000 square feet larger than its current one and can accommodate 1,100 people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The storefront itself remains restrained, with each window presenting a single frame on a sculptural glass pedestal.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Davis, his wife and kids painted the picture of a family that had deep, meaningful connections to the heartbeat of this burgeoning southern metropolis in NASCAR country that, like so many cities, places its sports stars on a pedestal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There would then be someone on the timing stand or in the electronics booth whose only job is to monitor the driver’s data, the way an engineer monitors a car, making calls that serve both driver performance and safety.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Movingstyle Portable Smart Monitor This smart monitor can be moved around and comes perched on a stand with wheels for easy portability around the office!
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Tensions boiled over during a West Park City Commission meeting with commissioners arguing on the dais before three walked out, leaving the meeting without a quorum.
    Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But at the April municipal election, both Fears’ and McCandless’ seats were up for grabs -- and Independence voters chose to remove both from the dais.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Edwards stood silently -- remaining in the well until Johnson left the rostrum, approached Edwards from behind and patted him on the back -- leading him up the aisle to the back of the chamber.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In the House the parliamentarian sits on the top tier of the dais, near the right hand of the presiding member; in the Senate the parliamentarian is seated at the rostrum below the presiding officer’s desk.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Competitors had to lift them onto podiums at different heights in the quickest time possible.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The points are represented by plastic eyeballs dropped into decorative glass urns on their player podiums, styled like museum exhibits — a fun bit of whimsy in the production design that unites the ideas of vision and museum art.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The next chapter of AI belongs to the R&D aimed at foundations, and the need for it has never been greater.
    Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Those resilient foundations, and that never-say-die mentality, feel badly shaken.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Let’s average all of those and call it $50 for RedZone for the season, plus or minus a couple bucks depending on your delivery platform.
    Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Trump posted the image on his Truth Social platform without explanation.
    Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Plinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinth. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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