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
Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
That size makes Starship large enough to tower over SpaceX's famous 230-foot-tall Falcon 9 – one of the world's most active rockets.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
During testing, the tower was illuminated in multiple colors, including royal blue and red to match both the Chiefs and the structure’s daytime look.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Over the ensuing years, as the company began assembling its Starship rockets on site, SpaceX first erected small tents, then much larger tents, and then towering high bays in which the vehicles were stacked.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
That size makes Starship large enough to tower over SpaceX's famous 230-foot-tall Falcon 9 – one of the world's most active rockets.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The realization that the World Trade Center towers collapsed had not yet settled in.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
During testing, the tower was illuminated in multiple colors, including royal blue and red to match both the Chiefs and the structure’s daytime look.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
Noun
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The cathedral smells strongly of myrrh oil from Jerusalem.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Owner Caroline Tchekhoff brought a wellness space into the hotel, then used it as a springboard to launch community yoga classes held in the adjacent plaza, facing Cartagena’s centuries-old cathedral.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fans headed to Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs’ home opener against the Philadelphia Eagles will need to dress for the heat, as temperatures will climb to around 92 degrees during the game.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the decade, vaccination rates climbed to nearly 90%, and the CDC estimates that the program has prevented more than a million deaths in children born since then.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, the Supreme Court has been chipping away at this edifice.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The three connected edifices form a delightful maze of spaces, with stairways and corridors linking the buildings, and six different elevators serving the six floors.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Values, like the cars themselves, are all over the map, and today an early oval-window car can ascend well above $150,000 in concours condition, with a car in good condition worth $35,000 or more.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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But this showdown which needs no hype is ascending a level.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the eight-day cruise, guests will visit the terra-cotta temples in Kalna, the Nawabi palaces of Murshidabad, the Mughal gardens of Khushbagh, the haunting ruins of Gaur, and Mayapur’s sprawling Hare Krishna complex.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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All meats are dry-aged on site, but pay attention to the less flashy dishes like the palace potatoes (shockingly crispy potatoe pavé) and the Sicilian Crudo, a trio of tuna, king fish, and king salmon in a pool of herbs.—
Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Beijing has struggled to fully reignite the world’s number two economy since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the once-booming property sector mired in a debt crisis and exports facing mounting headwinds.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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New York — While the stock market hovers near record highs, a shift in the bond market is signaling mounting concerns about the economy’s health.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who can diagnose feedback loops, surface mental models and align vision with structure will turn collaboration from aspiration into execution.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lockdown was later lifted, but the university said access to campus would remain restricted to students, faculty, and staff with a valid school ID as local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the threat.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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This process lifts stains without increasing their surface area, which can be an issue when scrubbing by hand with a cloth or brush.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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