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Recent Examples of skyscrapers
From Athens' historic ruins to the shimmering skyscrapers of New York City, global inspiration has been turned into towering confections worthy of a wedding.
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Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Crystalline skyscrapers and cowboy hats abound in the city known for cattle drives, cheerleaders, and oil family soap operas.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
After eons of construction, the bandages came off Willoughby Square last year to reveal Abolitionist Place, a one-acre enclave of greenery, water, leisure, and play designed by the landscape-architecture firm Hargreaves Jones and encircled by skyscrapers.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the bright SVGA colors, angular hills, flowing waterfalls, and isometric skyscrapers of SimCity 2000 felt, at the time, like the future implied by its title.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Less than two weeks later, when a ring beam to support the base of a cross was added to its biggest tower, dedicated to Jesus, the church surpassed the city’s two highest skyscrapers, both of which stand at five hundred and five feet tall.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Bamboo, however, remained the go-to material in Hong Kong, and has been used to build some of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, like Norman Foster’s HSBC headquarters and parts of the 88-floor International Finance Centre.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Cleverly, the major rides in the park are hidden behind internal walls which are designed to look like caves, skyscrapers and a row of houses.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Crystalline skyscrapers and cowboy hats abound in the city known for cattle drives, cheerleaders, and oil family soap operas.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
After eons of construction, the bandages came off Willoughby Square last year to reveal Abolitionist Place, a one-acre enclave of greenery, water, leisure, and play designed by the landscape-architecture firm Hargreaves Jones and encircled by skyscrapers.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the bright SVGA colors, angular hills, flowing waterfalls, and isometric skyscrapers of SimCity 2000 felt, at the time, like the future implied by its title.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Less than two weeks later, when a ring beam to support the base of a cross was added to its biggest tower, dedicated to Jesus, the church surpassed the city’s two highest skyscrapers, both of which stand at five hundred and five feet tall.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Bamboo, however, remained the go-to material in Hong Kong, and has been used to build some of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, like Norman Foster’s HSBC headquarters and parts of the 88-floor International Finance Centre.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Cleverly, the major rides in the park are hidden behind internal walls which are designed to look like caves, skyscrapers and a row of houses.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
Noun
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Ross towers over the 5-foot, 4 and a half-inch Dumond — his primary handler — and the other horses in the stable, who range from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Parekh and Weiss said the new AI transcription tool will give doctors the ability to be fully present during patient visits at the new UHealth SoLé Mia, 2111 Sole Mia Way, which is part of a mega-development of residential towers and is now UHealth’s largest outpatient facility.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to Evers' order, the American flag and the Wisconsin state flag will fly at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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All the while, guests learn the lore of the buildings and even attempt to communicate with the spirits that haunt them.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those atoms then could bind together, just as Democritus had theorized more than 2000 years before, into the molecules and larger structures that composed our macroscopic world.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Excavations from 2006 to 2009 have identified the remains of a Byzantine church dating to the fifth century, but farther below, rock-cut structures have been dated to the period when Mary lived there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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