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Recent Examples of handrail
This National Tree Company set at Home Depot gives you the whole kit and caboodle for under $180—two pre-lit trees, a door wreath and some light-up garland to string around your doorway or handrails.
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Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
My friend purchased a handrail that wasn’t long enough.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
This caused some of the holes to be blocked by the handrail.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
There are two dedicated accessible rooms; others can be adapted with handrails and ramps upon request.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
My friend purchased a handrail that wasn’t long enough.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
This caused some of the holes to be blocked by the handrail.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
There are two dedicated accessible rooms; others can be adapted with handrails and ramps upon request.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handrail
Noun
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Now Dani was leaning over the railing, staring out at the vast sea—the sea that would remain the sea forever, no matter what any boy did.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Classic pedestal designs are popular, but there are also hanging options, ground-level baths, and ones that mount on deck railings, says Mizejewski.—
Anne Readel,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The semicircles of pillars face a pool with a fountain, and 24 bronze bas-reliefs on the entrance balustrades illustrate scenes from the war years, at home and abroad.—
Adam Nossiter,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The balustrade at the far end affords one of the great panoramas of the Eternal City, with the dome of St. Peter’s etched on the horizon.—
David Laskin,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Nothing’s left but the stairs, banisters, and porch railing.—
Francine Kiefer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Jan. 2025
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The rough concrete walls and silky wood banisters were just the tissue wrapping, really, for the feeling of living comfortably almost outdoors.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The other children holding on to the bannisters, and my brother Franz standing at the door, pleading for peace with the German word Frieden.—
Hugo Hamilton,
The New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2024
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Kravitz approaches her and climbs up on the bannister, before lifting her up and giving her a huge hug.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
8 July 2024
Noun
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For now, that personal poignancy and cutting-edge tech can comfortably coexist at the Grammys, which will play a major role to set guardrails of what writing, performing and recording music fundamentally means today.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Could lawmakers copy 2019 maneuver to adjust ‘fiscal guardrails’?—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The two available second-row captain's chairs won't work with the folding rear bench/bed, but they can be secured to the floor rails in front of the three-seat bench, used for everyday driving and removed for overnight camping holidays.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Jan. 2025
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The answer so far has been an odd mix of avoiding doom scrolling and periodically checking in to rail against injustice, but the myriad reactions have delivered the same result: misinformation.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handrail. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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