structures 1 of 2

plural of structure
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as in constructions
something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts the Egyptian pyramids are among the most remarkable structures ever built

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as in architectures
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the basic structure of all those tract houses is the same: basically, a box

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structures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of structure

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Recent Examples of structures
Noun
Expanding Shorts into episode-like structures taps into the platform’s burgeoning living room audience, more than 35% of which watched YouTube Shorts on TV in July. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 Realizing this opportunity will require PE firms to adapt their investment structures, with implications likely to reach their portfolio companies (PortCos). — Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The sedimentary structures preserved beneath the caldera floor support this idea. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 Experts said Cambodia has not done enough to shut down the criminal structures that allowed the compounds to flourish but agreed many compounds appeared to have been shut. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Filling chip gaps Although chipmakers have used carbon films for more than two decades, M’Saad stated that these materials were not designed to handle the increasingly complex structures found in modern 3D chips. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Laws used to criminalize dissent remain in force, intelligence and security agencies retain essentially the same structures and practices, and authorities have taken no steps to disarm or dismantle the colectivos. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 Among those living in buildings, 72% of the households were in structures with minor or moderate damage. — Jehad Alshrafi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for structures
Noun
  • While covering the accident live from above, NBC’s NewsChopper4 went down between two commercial buildings nearby, killing one pedestrian, helicopter pilot George Marciniw, and aerial photojournalist Eliana Moreno.
    — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Unobstructed by high buildings, as would be the case in places like New York, their levitating forms also define the experience from above as much as from below.
    — Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Another glorious experiment is his Lotus Chorus Workshop, in which prompts challenge the user to try out all kinds of strange sentence constructions, like a literary CrossFit box.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The answer lies in constructions from theoretical computer science called error-correcting codes, which are intimately intertwined with high-dimensional sphere packing.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Older architectures can make every new connection more complicated.
    — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Furthermore, researchers are also investigating whether different device architectures and process techniques can compensate for limitations in lithography.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Through artifacts spanning 5,000 years, the exhibition constructs an extraordinary history of fashion and the body—material, carnal, vulnerable, seductive, devotional, fragmented—and its transpositions into various expressive languages.
    — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Residents were advised to prepare to leave, gather important belongings and make arrangements for pets in case the warning was upgraded to an evacuation order.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The church said official funeral arrangements would be shared as that information became available.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Yet China itself has developed AI safety frameworks addressing autonomous agents and the risk of AI escaping human control.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Officials will also consider requiring independent verification of AI companies' safety frameworks and risk reports, while expanding the kinds of critical safety incidents companies must report to the state.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While Calvinism, weaving, deeply repressed sexuality, and passages in Scottish Gaelic don’t exactly sound like the ingredient list for a riot, Stuart builds a rich universe from these seemingly spartan forms.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The brand builds from what the customer has already chosen to share.
    — Stephanie Copeland Weber, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The report also noted that TikTok Shop’s momentum illustrates a mechanism of migration—Eastern platforms exporting not just formats, but whole infrastructures for commerce and personalization as well as audience capture.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Structures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/structures. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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