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Recent Examples of crossbeam
The unusual event also sent an HVAC unit hurtling out of the top of a building, and caused skylights to break and wood crossbeams to snap.
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Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
Victims then were affixed to the crossbeam and raised onto the upright beam, which was generally set in a permanent place for subsequent executions.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
Two crossbeam poles lift the roofline enough for a six-foot tester to stand up, and tilt the sidewalls outward, yielding enough elbow room to keep three men comfortable without any turf wars.
—Ryan Stuart, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
To create a transition from the lower pylons to the pylon head, crews will construct a crossbeam to connect the lower legs as a unified structure.
—Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2022
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Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
Victims then were affixed to the crossbeam and raised onto the upright beam, which was generally set in a permanent place for subsequent executions.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
Two crossbeam poles lift the roofline enough for a six-foot tester to stand up, and tilt the sidewalls outward, yielding enough elbow room to keep three men comfortable without any turf wars.
—Ryan Stuart, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
To create a transition from the lower pylons to the pylon head, crews will construct a crossbeam to connect the lower legs as a unified structure.
—Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossbeam
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At relativistic speeds — that is near the speed of light — time moves more slowly, which would mean the electron beam wouldn't have enough time to spread out, keeping the beam focused.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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At that moment, a bright white beam of sunlight came in through the porthole and struck Audrey’s left eye.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Railway builders erect a box girder at the site of the standard project in front of the Huning section of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei high-speed railway in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on January 10, 2025.—
Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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Fire investigators estimated that the fire under the bridge reached at least 2,000 degrees when the steel girders began to melt.—
Mike Schell,
The Enquirer,
27 Dec. 2024
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Companies with greater gender diversity on their boards see an increase in innovation and patents.—
Elena Volotovskaya,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The report said that of the firms that provided information about the racial and ethnic composition of their boards, 25 firms or 29% of the sample, reported having zero Black board members.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Travis Konecny’s shot rang off the crossbar, and Matvei Michkov lost the puck off his stick before running into Tarasov’s stick.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Toews found a hole through traffic that went off the crossbar, off the goalie’s back and trickled across the goal line at 18:18 of the second.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Crossbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossbeam. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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