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Recent Examples of spired
An interesting add-on is Casa Museu Gaudí, the pink, spired building inside the park.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back).
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New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back).
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New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spired
Adjective
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This guest styles her matching tracksuit with pointed pumps, a Lacoste purse, and headband for a sporty-meets-runway look that lands somewhere between sidewalk and catwalk.
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Despite a pointed effort to improve transparency, a large group of regular board meeting attendees see it differently.
Adjective
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Tourism in Albania has seen a sharp increase in recent years, with people relishing the nation’s vast, undeveloped coastline.
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Netanyahu, 76, has spent decades mastering political theater, sharp messaging and grand performances.
Adjective
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Workers want pay and benefits in line with what the union says is the new citywide standard, which is a minimum wage of $30 per hour for non-tipped workers by 2028, a 15-room daily quota for housekeeping workers, 18% banquet gratuity and more, the release says.
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Those who do appreciate that they are allowed to use them to help cover a wide variety of costs, whether that’s paying non-tipped staff like cooks and managers, buying raw materials or tackling health care premiums and credit card fees.
Adjective
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The fence, as constructed, is more than 8 feet tall and is topped with a strand of barbed wire — too high for many animals to jump and dangerous for those that attempt to do so.
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Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
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“Spired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spired. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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