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stilt

noun

Definition of stilt

as in stand

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Recent Examples of stilt Think shows that include Argentine cowboys known as gauchos, Brazilian samba dancers, West African (Moko Jumbie) stilt walkers. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026 Free There will be live entertainment, DJs, food trucks, drag queens, roaming entertainers (jugglers, stilt walkers), games, kids’ activities and more. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026 The Jakarta Globe reported that the explosion occurred below a stilt house located near the shoreline on Biak town's Walter Mongonsidi Street. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026 The nearest human settlement to the frequent storms is Ologa, Venezuela, a remote stilt village located on the shores of Lake Maracaibo. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stilt

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The Wildcats opened the game with a goal-line stand, but Chiles fumbled the snap on their first offensive play and Rolijah Hardy tackled him in the end zone for a safety.

— Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Other complained in 2023 that an ice cream stand set up outside the camp’s perimeter sent the wrong message.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of stand

Noun

All 12 remaining bridges use the Town lattice truss patented by architect Ithiel Town, giving this drive a noticeably different architectural identity from Lancaster County.

— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026
Menon and the spare dish were then maneuvered to the Z-1 truss, where it was mounted and connected to the station's power and data systems.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of truss

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The 33-year-old wasn’t the only superstar to strut down the runway, as fellow Bronx native Jennifer Lopez, mgk and J Balvin were also among the models in the show.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
Dunne and Ponton then give the strut their best attempts while following the step-by-step tutorial.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of strut

Noun

After axemen cleared paths through the oaks, elms, and basswoods, the surveyors stretched a standardized measure called a Gunter’s chain—a hundred links to a chain, eighty chains to a mile—and marked the distances with tally pegs.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
One of his earliest experiments at university was an ordinary clothes peg recreated in sterling silver.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

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