scaffold

as in platform
a raised flat surface Standing on a scaffold, the workers replaced the broken twelfth-story window.

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Recent Examples of scaffold There is an opportunity to invest in scaffolds, cell sources, and the automation that makes quality repeatable. Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 At its peak, the system required four semis, leapfrogging scaffolds, and $100,000 in monthly transport costs. Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025 Ars Video One of the first applications was creating tissue scaffolds, which are structures that support cell growth. ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025 The portion of the hospital shown in the video is inaccessible by lifts, impractical to scaffold, and rope access would have been expensive and time-consuming. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for scaffold
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Noun
  • In an analysis of over a billion job postings, labor insight platform LightCast identified not only a surge in demand for AI skills, but also higher average pay for jobs that required them.
    Dylan Butts Shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Jordan Wood, a former congressional aide, jumped into the race early on a platform of transparency.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Plagued with traffic and possible damage from going wide, both Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson were out in Q1, a stark contrast to their podium-earning performance in Zandvoort last week.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When Lagway walked to the podium after the game, there was still an air of confidence to the star.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Scaffold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaffold. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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