cantilever

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Recent Examples of cantilever My only prompt was that the overall form of Marcel Breuer’s cantilever couldn’t be altered. Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025 Make sure to add shade, too, with this popular 9-foot umbrella or this grand 12-foot cantilever umbrella. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025 As previously reported, work to overhaul the triple cantilever is expected to begin in 2028. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 Fans elsewhere in the ground will see a one-tier stand with space for 5,500 fans, all with an unimpeded view thanks to a cantilever roof that has been designed to amplify the noise generated below. Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cantilever
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Noun
  • Unlike other styles with a flat surface, these have a contour that wraps around the outside of your foot and supports your arch.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • Non-slip rubber outsoles offer flexibility and comfort for sightseeing adventures, while Ortholite insoles provide extra padding and cushioned arch support for comfort throughout the day.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Ironworkers bolted the last girder into place, making Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) the world’s tallest building.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2025
  • Recent close-up inspections found even more damage on the deck, bearings and girders than was revealed initially.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ayers and McClain are working to install a mounting bracket to prepare another new set of solar panels to be installed at the space station.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • On the other side of the bracket, Tottenham Hotspur took care of business in north London, beating Norway’s Bodo/Glimt 3-1.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • If the media environment is fragmented, so, too, is the Democratic resistance itself: split, as Kang wrote in this column, in February, among incompatible strategic impulses; severed from a discredited Party establishment but uncertain where to go next; fundamentally leaderless.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
  • Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Read the full Scorpio Daily Horoscope Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) Putting a crush on a pedestal?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Do birds prefer bird baths on the ground or on a pedestal?
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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