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Recent Examples of spire
But this year should see the 564-foot-tall Tower of Jesus of Christ, the basilica’s 18th and final spire (the 17 shorter ones are dedicated to the 12 apostles, four Evangelists and the Virgin Mary), finished in time for the centenary of architect Antoni Gaudí’s death in June.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The temple and its 82-foot spire are easily visible from the Loop 202 freeway in the southeast Valley.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025
At the top, the crown earns its place on the skyline with 300 feet of empty structure that could almost pass for a spire from one angle, or a stack of office floors from another, but in fact exist to host a glittering nightly show of light art by Leo Villareal.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The temple and its 82-foot spire are easily visible from the Loop 202 freeway in the southeast Valley.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025
At the top, the crown earns its place on the skyline with 300 feet of empty structure that could almost pass for a spire from one angle, or a stack of office floors from another, but in fact exist to host a glittering nightly show of light art by Leo Villareal.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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That sent software stocks into a spiral, raising fears that the bread-and-butter software-as-a-service business model that’s driven the tech and digital services industries is now at risk of disruption.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Distinguished by different hairdos and contrasting body language, Douglas, who can will himself to appear sedate, and James, who’s in a continual manic spiral, have more in common than either would care to admit.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The custom-wound AAX 2826 Competition motors have extra-long coil leads fed directly through the drone's arms and soldered straight to the speed controllers, eliminating unnecessary wiring and keeping the arms ultra-slim.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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This experiment involved a noninvasive technique called transcranial magnetic simulation, or TMS, in which doctors place a wand containing a magnetic coil over the scalp, just on top of M1.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
Noun
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But recently TikTok is discovering the face-framing magic that comes from turning your curls inward.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Feb. 2026
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These handles are usually coloured red or yellow, to identify each team’s stones, and the players control which way the stone curls by rotating the handle in one direction or the other.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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