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portico

noun

Definition of portico

as in terrace

formal a row of columns supporting a roof at the entrance of a building Entry to the mansion is through a lavish portico.

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Recent Examples of portico The scaffolding around the portico first went up in late June. — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 9 July 2026 For larger spaces that require shade, Button suggests installing an awning or a freestanding portico. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2026 The safe stayed in the hall briefly, moving outside near the Capitol’s east portico for the next 80 years. — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2026 Guests re-create scenes for social media, posing under the geometric portico, at window sills, in elevators or on the side of the bed in the custom Masaru Mineo yukata (a light Japanese robe). — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for portico

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Neighbors come to hang out on the sunlit terrace overlooking the ocean with the dramatic mountains behind.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Forty-five minutes in front of a Croke Park terrace rammed with Leeds supporters, less than a week after becoming the club’s most expensive transfer in history, also gave him an unsubtle insight into the reaction.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of terrace

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This past winter, Coley said the city eventually boarded up the holes and the raccoons seemed to go away, but now, there's a hole in the roof of the porch next door.

— Liz Crawford, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
The final link, a fulfillment center on the farm, closed the distance between the pasture and the customer’s porch.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.

— Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
This boutique property was built in a Greco-Roman-style complete with colonnades and columns.

— Rumit Mehta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026

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