How to Use pillar in a Sentence

pillar

noun
  • What’s the thing that excites you that could be a fourth pillar for Amazon?
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The show is meant to represent and be about the gray between two pillars.
    Erik Piepenburg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The result is a kind of tug-of-war between two of the economy’s main pillars.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The pillar shape is available in three different sizes, and all have the same features.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Don't look to me as the pillar of health and wellness and having it all together.
    Wendy Naugle, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The site of one is now a street with houses, its entry pillars blending into the streetscape.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The winner was thus a suspension bridge anchored to pillars on the two banks, rooted in dry land.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The hangar doors and their supporting concrete pillars will be stabilized and left in place for the time being.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop comes to a close, the Recording Academy has one last trick up its sleeve to honor the pillars of the culture.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Washington sees him as one of the pillars of their rebuilding process.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Another fun feature of the journal is the six pillars of wellness.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Enlarge / Super Heavy ascends on a pillar of flame in April 2023.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
  • That’s a lot of people — incredible performers and pillars of the show — to leave all at once.
    Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • Plus, Gus Edwards hasn’t been a pillar of health during his career.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Carle’s since put his own spin on it, but the core principles, those concrete pillars, remain more or less the same.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The second hit sends him face first into a nearby concrete pillar.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Near the studio’s entrance, three photographs, two hats and a pair of sunglasses sit on a pillar.
    Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • But the Sixers have been getting the spot-up shooting along with the two pillars of their offense scoring in different ways.
    Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • Omar Ayuso, who shares the same name as his character, is a pillar of the teen telenovela Elite.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Once a pillar of the release calendar, rom-coms have largely been consigned to the smaller-scale world of streaming.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • All four were known to locals as pillars of the tightknit rural community.
    Rachel Pannett, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • However, the expert said clearing the 1,200-foot area between the two pillars that supported the bridge’s main span will be enough to reopen the port to traffic.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The good news in this book is that the four pillars of investing continue to bear the weight of evidence and experience.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
  • Todd says the service will also provide users suggestions on how to improve their rankings and hit goals built on the TIM pillars.
    Byeamon Barrett, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Crime The statewide uptick in crime over the last few years is another pillar of political campaigns in Virginia.
    Jack Pedigo, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The Chinese leader has made his corruption purge—with millions punished—a pillar of his rule.
    Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The vestibule opens into the central chapel, a square room adorned with four pillars and decorations everywhere.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Of their insights, five trends stood out from the crowd, all with potential to become pillars within the American cocktail scene.
    David Tao, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Telepool stands on five major pillars, Higuchi-Zitzmann says.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Another way the Foundation marked its anniversary was to add a fifth area, a pillar, to help guide the philanthropic focus.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2023

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