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
Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Anthropic’s headquarters, in downtown San Francisco, sits in the shadow of the Salesforce tower.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Some nearby residents fear the project would tower over their backyards.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Building new office towers was a nonstarter in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Atlanta was flooded with unwanted workspace.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Anthropic’s headquarters, in downtown San Francisco, sits in the shadow of the Salesforce tower.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Starship lander is expected to tower nearly 150 feet over the stout, spidery-looking moon landers NASA used in its Apollo program.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Some nearby residents fear the project would tower over their backyards.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
Noun
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The landmark cathedral reopened in late 2024.—
Doug George,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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And even the irreligious Bill de Blasio would join parishioners at the cathedral.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Wing sales rose more than 26% in the Seattle area and climbed about 17% in the Boston area over the past month.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Shares of Nvidia climbed at steep pace, making the AI giant the ninth company in the world to reach a $1 trillion valuation in 2023, three decades after its establishment.—
Rosa de Acosta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Harkening back to the out-of-this-world aesthetics that won them broad acclaim for Poor Things, the commercial opens on a crumbling modernist edifice on a rocky outcrop in a stormy ocean.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Katharine's first professional home was the third floor of Building 5, a seven-story brick edifice lined with wide windows smack-dab in the middle of the GE factory.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Available in ash or Canaletto walnut, the zigzagging piece can ascend or descend to different elevations—a table that rises to nearly any occasion.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2026
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Boitano watched with interest as Malinin slowly ascended.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Speaking to journalists in Riyadh ahead of Prince William’s visit to Saudi Arabia later Monday, the spokesperson shared for the first time the couple’s view of the crisis that has engulfed the palace and UK parliament in recent weeks.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the sun sets in Lisbon, most visitors are ushered out of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins (MACAM), where the galleries fill a sprawling 18th-century palace.—
Michelle Tchea,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Local officials say a surge of visitors chasing a single viral photo has transformed the site almost overnight, bringing crowds, safety fears and mounting environmental concerns to an area unable to cope with mass tourism.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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This has disrupted standing deployment plans, scrambled ships to sail thousands of miles and put increasing strain on vessels and equipment that are already facing mounting maintenance issues.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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On May 17, a bomb rocked Palm Springs, California – shaking structures for several blocks, shattering glass and leveling one innocuous-looking building.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The program’s structure has enabled some companies to quickly capture a large portion of funding, over 1,000 vouchers in some cases, without having the inventory or production capacity to deliver those vehicles in a timely fashion.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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By Wednesday morning, the restrictions were suddenly lifted, leaving the city’s airport in confusion for several hours.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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Erewhon is pushing its wellness footprint further into aesthetics — starting with lip flips and brow lifts — as the lines between self care and cosmetic treatments continue to blur.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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