frieze

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Recent Examples of frieze Nearly 50 years would pass before Gardner climbed that tower again, this time in search of inspiration from the terra cotta friezes of birds of prey and Native American warriors that are carved into the side of the school’s building. Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 The Yanks go for Nos. 9 and 10 beneath their white frieze. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 The frieze, estimated to be about 12,500 years old, depicts massive ice age beasts thought to have once roamed South America, including mastodons and ground sloths the size of a car. Laura Bassett, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frieze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frieze
Noun
  • The ornate cornice on the top of the building also collapsed.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The finished pizza should have a thin crust with a puffy cornice around the edges, spotted with charring.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are other stops on the tour: the great room, which also features marble columns and marble entablatures, enhanced by wooden moldings and ceilings.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
  • The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In a column in the Times, Bret Stephens noted that the good will many Jewish Americans had assumed would be extended to them after October 7th never materialized.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After the war started, Rebin said that bombs would not deter him from driving to the capital once more to search for his son.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The city manager in Raleigh, the capital and second-largest city in the state, made $323,978, according to the Raleigh News & Observer’s slightly older salary database, which is from 2024.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.
    Carey Purcell, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2025
  • With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While rare earths will be the primary focus, exploration will also assess the potential for gold mining — the area is dotted with old, small-scale adits and shafts.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Reduce frizz, add shine, and offer your curls a soft, flexible hold with Bumble and Bumble's Curl Defining Styling Cream, which should be scrunched into wet hair from mid-shaft to ends before air drying or diffusing.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Markets now price in a greater chance of rate hikes by year-end than cuts, according to CME’s FedWatch tool, removing what had been a key pillar of the bull case for growth stocks.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The upside of being a pillar in more titles as the Falcons move to 5A is high.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Frieze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frieze. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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