scaffold

noun

Definition of scaffoldnext
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 After midnight on June 13, workers were still erecting a scaffold needed to remove the lettering. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 June 2026 As the material integrates with the body, new bone forms around the scaffold, helping repair severe injuries that would otherwise be difficult to treat. — Sofia Baltodano june 5, Miami Herald, 5 June 2026 These will become the tree's scaffold branches. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 May 2026 Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida and Jamie Hayter Thekla dropped down from the scaffold like a spider during her entrance. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for scaffold
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  1. platform
  2. podium
Noun
  • Content Partners, which began 20 years ago as a creative rights acquisition platform, is well-positioned to help creators gauge their true value in emerging and traditional media platforms.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • Maine state Senate President Mattie Daughtry, a Democrat, is encouraged to see many of the candidates running on Platner's progressive platform of transformational change.
    — Tamara Keith, NPR, 14 July 2026
Definition of platform
Noun
  • That approach has been shaped by decades inside Olympic volleyball, where the difference between standing atop the podium and watching another nation celebrate is frequently measured by only a handful of points.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Below the speaker’s podium sat a row of bored-looking representatives from city, county and regional agencies.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of podium

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