plinth

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Recent Examples of plinth The Candor boy steps forward, past the stone plinth to the stone lion that waits beyond it. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 Further items are also incorporated into the stone plinth, laser‑engraved with dedications to both brothers, using Portuguese stone from their home city of Gondomar, near Porto. — James Pearce, New York Times, 2 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for plinth
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Noun
  • Fans watch the performance through their cameras, checking their framing while the musician performs, sometimes as close as only a few feet away.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At the foot of each bed is a white plastic bucket, along with a roll of toilet paper.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Connecting the exhibition to broader social concerns, Gong also believed that the Le19M method can inspire the preservation of local craft, often put on a pedestal devoid of meaning.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Showing here also presents McGirr with a much more authentic pedestal from which to project his new synthesis of all that acquired McQueen aesthetic lore with his own design identity—because both were forged in London.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Wildcats opened the game with a goal-line stand, but Chiles fumbled the snap on their first offensive play and Rolijah Hardy tackled him in the end zone for a safety.
    — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Other complained in 2023 that an ice cream stand set up outside the camp’s perimeter sent the wrong message.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 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
  • Jayden Woods took the podium, ready to talk about a win that happened in Gainesville on Saturday.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Storming a podium at a meeting of academics is a pointless performative act.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The nation, of course, once ruled the ancient world and its past has contributed to the foundations of modern culture.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The images will appear in digital outlets, as well as on social media platforms and traditional outdoor media placement.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Taking the stage on Sunday to bestow longtime friend Swift with the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, Dakota Johnson hugged the award’s winner, who kicked off her acceptance speech by thanking MTV for offering a platform for music videos.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Plinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinth. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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