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Recent Examples of scaffolds
So, don’t hesitate to cut scaffolds back to create a tree that's a manageable size for harvesting.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Madsen has the skins, and soon they’ll be stretched over scaffolds in town, drying in the late-autumn winds.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
With the handle in place, researchers can build diverse molecules, including drug scaffolds and everyday industrial chemicals.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
These could be made into such things as scaffolds for tissue engineering, or used to stem bleeding or to absorb oil spills.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The method was also widely used in mainland China until government regulations started calling for steel and aluminum scaffolds, in keeping with international norms, in the 1990s.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Developers can describe features or behaviors, and the system generates scaffolds or complete implementations.
—Paul Kovalenko, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The arena area featured two tall elevated scaffolds, connected by a short skybridge, each wallpapered with numerous large screens.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Students who are multilingual learners and/or have special needs wanting access to the same curriculum and expectations with appropriate scaffolds and supports should find that in AF schools.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
Madsen has the skins, and soon they’ll be stretched over scaffolds in town, drying in the late-autumn winds.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
With the handle in place, researchers can build diverse molecules, including drug scaffolds and everyday industrial chemicals.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
These could be made into such things as scaffolds for tissue engineering, or used to stem bleeding or to absorb oil spills.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The method was also widely used in mainland China until government regulations started calling for steel and aluminum scaffolds, in keeping with international norms, in the 1990s.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Developers can describe features or behaviors, and the system generates scaffolds or complete implementations.
—Paul Kovalenko, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The arena area featured two tall elevated scaffolds, connected by a short skybridge, each wallpapered with numerous large screens.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Students who are multilingual learners and/or have special needs wanting access to the same curriculum and expectations with appropriate scaffolds and supports should find that in AF schools.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaffolds
Noun
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Some platforms, such as Deezer, have explored user-centric or equitable remuneration models that pay artists based on what individual subscribers actually listen to.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Guo says the approach can be scaled up to much larger sizes suitable for load-bearing platforms.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But try extending that same indulgence to Olympic podiums and the Nobel Banquet Hall — in those arenas, the margins are razor-thin, and mastery demands long marination.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Shiffrin competed at six events at Beijing 2022 but didn’t land on any podiums.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With one tower completed and a second under construction, the ultra-luxe condo complex offers panoramic bay views, spacious balconies, concierge services, and pool cabanas.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2026
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The Inn Solitude, a Bavarian-style lodge with ski in and ski out access, where rooms have balconies and plush amenities, also has an outdoor hot tub, which is a nice escape from the rest of the villages’ soakers.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Scaffolds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaffolds. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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