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as in line
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill

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as in pilaster
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure engraved columns supported the arch on either side

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Recent Examples of column This column originally ran in the Washington Free Beacon. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025 That means the government could not censor this column without violating my First Amendment rights and Bloomberg’s. Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025 Most-clicked in the newsletter yesterday: Andrew Marchand’s column on ESPN’s game plan after Disney acquired Fubo. Chris Branch, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 Downdrafts are small columns of air sinking rapidly toward the ground, often the precursor to more damaging wind events. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for column 
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Noun
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the operator said it’s making progress on its remediation plan, including analysis of other areas and additional in-line inspections.
    Joe Sutton, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
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  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • However, tension built when an older man and woman in the queue began arguing before reaching the register.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • While Monday is the first day the IRS will begin accepting tax returns for the 2024 tax year, Americans can file their taxes even earlier to ensure their return is in the queue and among the first to be processed by the IRS.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Taken together, the laws are designed to reshape key pillars of the US economy over the next decade.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The overall stability hides movement both up and down across individual pillars and metrics, as the tectonics of world order shifts.
    World Economic Forum, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • Shafer, who finished third at last year’s BWT Finals in Hawaii, has also been named Captain of Team USA for the second year in a row.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Clean wind power generated more electricity than gas for the second year in a row.
    Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • In addition, Coen criticized the idea of attaching strings to assistance.
    WILL WEISSERT, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Heavy mining equipment like the CAT 972 front loader are undergoing retrofits to transition diesel operation to a hybrid one, featuring an electric motor, two strings of lithium-ion batteries, an inverter, high-voltage components, power electronics and an onboard diesel generator.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • And while files have continued to be released under President Biden, some still remain unseen.
    Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Thanks to Peter, Monroe was able to deliver that file to Knox’s opponent, Governor Hagan.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Column.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/column. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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