as in cathedrals
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 towers
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Some services excel when you’re parked near cell towers, while others are designed to reach deep into national forests and rural terrain.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, Nvidia’s stock rose after CEO Jensen Huang presented a vision of Nvidia’s future in which the company’s chips would be placed in everything from cell phone towers to robotic factories to self-driving cars.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Most air traffic control towers already use AI to assist staff, but factors like older machinery, outdated tech, and an industry resistant to change present challenges.
—Eoin Higgins, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Future work will focus on developing new materials with even better conductivity and optical performance for next-generation solar towers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The towers are also able to reach a capacity factor of about 32%, which bests that of flat panels, which come in around 22%.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
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Local resident Lee Needham also told the BBC that the crash site was close to houses, train tracks, industrial units and electrical towers.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Some services excel when you’re parked near cell towers, while others are designed to reach deep into national forests and rural terrain.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, Nvidia’s stock rose after CEO Jensen Huang presented a vision of Nvidia’s future in which the company’s chips would be placed in everything from cell phone towers to robotic factories to self-driving cars.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Most air traffic control towers already use AI to assist staff, but factors like older machinery, outdated tech, and an industry resistant to change present challenges.
—Eoin Higgins, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Future work will focus on developing new materials with even better conductivity and optical performance for next-generation solar towers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The towers are also able to reach a capacity factor of about 32%, which bests that of flat panels, which come in around 22%.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towers
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Gothic cathedrals, art deco villas, vintage yellow trams, impeccably dressed signore, bright red Negronis glinting in the sun—these are some of the most classic symbols of Milan, but there’s a whole other side to the city, one that’s contemporary, cosmopolitan, and just plain cool.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are marching bands performing it and choirs singing it in cathedrals in Europe.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 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
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The festival kicks off today with Zlotowski’s A Private Life, which sees Foster star as a psychiatrist who mounts a private investigation into the suspicious death of one of her patients.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The latest attack comes as Israel mounts a fresh offensive into Gaza City.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The regime, still tightly controlled by Kim Jong Un, is likely to maintain existing structures and policies, with Choe Ryong Hae and other confidants continuing to implement the leader's priorities.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Traditional philanthropy, once external to profit structures, now occupies the core of Magnolia Pearl’s identity.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Crossing into New Mexico, the road rises into a ghost town dotted high desert.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The centerpiece is a custom Aegean blue kitchen, lacquered top to bottom with bronze accents and Calacatta marble countertops, connecting seamlessly to a family room with a hidden, James Bond–style TV that rises up out of a cabinet at the touch of a button.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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And in the chaotic months since, clues about Tice’s fate have begun to seep through the walls of Syria’s once-impenetrable prisons and palaces.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers The Nita has a platform that lifts you about two inches and contains a cushiony memory foam insole for your heels to sink into.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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One of those walls, a massive glass awning-style window, lifts skyward to erase the boundary between indoors and out, revealing a sprawling terrace that feels suspended above the city.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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On the heels of that opening two years ago, Boots has redesigned more than 180 beauty halls and trained more than 1,400 beauty specialists with an emphasis on expertise and customer service.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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After months of wearing sneakers in the halls of Congress, Pelosi has now resumed wearing her signature stilettos.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Towers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towers. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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