as in cathedral
a large, magnificent, or massive building
a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city
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Recent Examples of tower
Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 8 Aug. 2025
Stroll or Bike the Three-Mile Boardwalk Head to the iconic three-mile boardwalk in Virginia Beach for ocean views, street performers, and the towering 34-foot-tall King Neptune statue at 31st Street.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2025
Plans call for 43-story twin towers with 775 luxury condo apartments.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Among the highlights visible from the train: the thunderous, multi-tiered Pyramid Falls, and the towering face of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies at just under 13,000 feet.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 8 Aug. 2025
Stroll or Bike the Three-Mile Boardwalk Head to the iconic three-mile boardwalk in Virginia Beach for ocean views, street performers, and the towering 34-foot-tall King Neptune statue at 31st Street.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Here, the fiber-optic cables rise like thick vines in gray rooms on the ground floors or in the basements of the office towers that house the banks powering Nigerian finance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2025
Plans call for 43-story twin towers with 775 luxury condo apartments.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
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While in Roskilde, the cathedral’s towering brick spires rise solemn and majestic—sheltering centuries of royal slumber.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Multiple layers of architectural history can be seen throughout the cathedral as it has been transformed a number of times by Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman settlers.—
Michele Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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The world’s most valuable digital currency had climbed to roughly $124,380 around 8:30 p.m. EST, according to Coinbase data from TradingView.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As interest continues to climb, Snow Capped Cider offers cider lovers a chance to stay connected through a new cider club.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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If all the technology packed into the new theater suggests a cold, futuristic steel edifice, the reality is quite the opposite.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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Here are a few of our favorites from the Northeast: Gilette Castle State Park, Connecticut Located in East Haddam, Gillette Castle stands atop a hill overlooking the Connecticut River and at first glance looks like an edifice straight out of Game of Thrones.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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The native of southeastern Louisiana was raised by a single mother who ascended from poverty as an entrepreneur.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Aug. 2025
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This frame, the single ascends to No. 1 on not only the Rap Airplay chart, but also the Rhythmic Airplay list, where Cardi scores a ninth champion.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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American Chinese cuisine and old school Tiki bars crashed together in 2022 at Wusong — a castle of cocktails, a vault of vintage decor, a palace of pupu platters (try the vegetarian version).—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Yet again, in the same year, the King spent almost £9 million on palaces, parties, and posh cars.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In such a setting, our local issues — affordable housing, mounting homelessness, creaking infrastructure, metastasizing inequality and sustainability challenges, among others — will get scant attention.—
Russell Hancock,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Economic pressures on California are also mounting because of Trump's program of tariffs, though their full effects on the state's economy remains unclear.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The pyre’s final stunt sees the avian structure break free and soar through the night sky.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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File-level tools have deep knowledge of the PST file structure, enabling more complete and accurate reconstruction than raw-level tools, which depend largely on file signatures and file system metadata.—
Chongwei Chen,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Fauna, meanwhile, might be lifted from the wood-block prints of Watanabe Seitei.—
Thessaly La Force,
Architectural Digest,
15 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, five officers lifted the branch and pulled the women out.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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