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spire

noun

Definition of spire

as in spiral

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Recent Examples of spire Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina A 315-foot granite rock spire serves as the centerpiece of this state park near Asheville. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 On July 1, Russian daredevils climbed to the tip of the building's spire before getting engaged, and then arrested. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026 The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 July 2026 Police personnel respond to a report of two people climbing the spire atop the Empire State Building in New York City, on July 1, 2026. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for spire

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Noun

Don't expect the enormous spiral shown in long-exposure photographs.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
In Proserpina, eleven vertical yellow wooden rods, enrobed in layers of gray and maroon wire netting, increase in length around a wire-mesh spiral that reaches three feet at its tallest point.

— Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of spiral

Noun

This creates eddy currents, which increase the coils’ effective inductance, following Lenz’s law.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
For a decade, hundreds of Black women and girls have gathered in Kansas City wearing curls, coils, locs, braids and Afros for an annual photograph intended to challenge narrow ideas about what beautiful hair is supposed to look like.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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In the video, Porizkova can be seen doing exercises such as hammer curls, cable pulls, deadlifts, pull-ups, lunges and others.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
As for glam, Chastain continued her new blond hairstyle streak with a slight side part and bouncy curls by stylist Renato Campora.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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