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a large, magnificent, or massive building
the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance
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Recent Examples of cathedral
Trump is in France to partake in the reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame more than five years after a fire severely damaged the cathedral.
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Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The cathedral’s role in such moments speaks to its place in the country’s national imagination.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Planet has rapidly released its high-resolution images of Moscow’s missile barrages on Ukrainian medical centers, cathedrals and campuses to the globe’s leading newsrooms in a campaign to halt these assaults, Planet co-founder Will Marshall told me across a sweeping interview.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
With its grand reopening set for December 8, the cathedral’s restoration has become a testament to resilience, blending ancient craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The cathedral’s role in such moments speaks to its place in the country’s national imagination.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Planet has rapidly released its high-resolution images of Moscow’s missile barrages on Ukrainian medical centers, cathedrals and campuses to the globe’s leading newsrooms in a campaign to halt these assaults, Planet co-founder Will Marshall told me across a sweeping interview.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
With its grand reopening set for December 8, the cathedral’s restoration has become a testament to resilience, blending ancient craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cathedral
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Breakfast is served on the 3rd floor at The Gabriel Miami, while guests and owners from the condos, which tower above the hotel, congregate nightly at the ground floor restaurant G Bar.Essence, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stonemasons erected twin towers on the west facade to house bells the weight of an Indian rhinoceros or a Chevy Silverado.Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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But the walls here and throughout are very much Steinem—a memory palace of images of family, friends, and the courageous women who have shared her beliefs in the feminist cause.Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, civilians broke into Assad’s palaces, looted shops and stole bags of cash from the central bank – prompting the rebels to declare a 13-hour curfew.Mostafa Salem, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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At one point a bulldozer showed up, all to hack away at the jail’s edifice in the hope of revealing a hidden cache of abductees.Richard Engel, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The point of the renovation was not so much to update the edifice as to restore it to its former glory — which meant undoing a lot of mistakes.Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Cathedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cathedral. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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