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
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
There will be sushi and sandwich platters, seafood towers and luxurious tomahawk steaks with the Super Bowl LIX logo branded onto the bone.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
While Colombia is equipped with towering mountains, pristine beaches and vast swathes of Amazon rainforest, the country also boasts a particularly underrated ecotourism destination in the form of Los Llanos.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The New York Times has reported that the relevant air-traffic-control tower may have been understaffed and that the helicopter might have been outside its flight path.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
There will be sushi and sandwich platters, seafood towers and luxurious tomahawk steaks with the Super Bowl LIX logo branded onto the bone.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
The idea to create a pipeline from Oregon and Washington State has been proposed before by Californians, but building a system that could carry water over such long distances and across towering mountain ranges has long been viewed as exorbitantly expensive.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
While Colombia is equipped with towering mountains, pristine beaches and vast swathes of Amazon rainforest, the country also boasts a particularly underrated ecotourism destination in the form of Los Llanos.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
Noun
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The cathedral reopened last month in Paris with an opening ceremony attended by then-President-elect Donald Trump, then-First Lady Jill Biden, Prince William and other notable figures.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Among its most iconic landmarks are York Castle (built after the 11th-century Norman conquest), the spectacular Gothic cathedral of York Minster, and the city walls, the oldest parts of which date back to Roman times.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Lose and discomfort and pressure will climb, the kind Staveley sought to avoid by bringing in Gordon.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Firefly shared a video from Blue Ghost showing a very faint and faraway moon, seen for just a moment before the brilliantly bright Earth eclipses the celestial spec as the lander climbs up its orbit.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Whatever your specific interest, there’s seemingly an entire edifice devoted to it.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yet in a matter of months, the edifice of Iranian influence has come crashing down.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2025
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He was helped by Denver ascending into contention, which resulted in the team’s first playoff berth since 2015, while snapping a streak of seven straight losing seasons.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2025
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In a climactic sequence unfolding in woodland, the camera ascends to offer the stark sight of the trees, arrestingly straight and tall.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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That means putting it in public museums, rather than the traditional palaces of ceremonial monarchs.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the palace’s post on X, the photo was taken by her six-year old son Prince Louis.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But large numbers of federal workers intended on resisting the mounting pressure and staying put.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Despite multiple complaints to and mounting suspicion about Ben's , the absence of concrete proof prevented any action.—
Darlin Tillery,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Meryl Streep was one of a handful of area residents whose experiences with the fires — which have claimed 29 lives and destroyed more than 15,000 structures — were told in the New York story.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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The two largest blazes, the Palisades and Eaton fires, killed 29 people, torched more than 40,000 acres and destroyed more than 16,000 structures.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The pieces were lifted by a crane and placed onto a barge with other parts recovered from the flight that took off from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday for Washington's Reagan National Airport with 60 passengers and four crew members on board.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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But even in the darkness, Illinoisans found a way to lift up one another.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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