plinth

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Recent Examples of plinth Dinosaur will be the fourth occupant of the five-foot-square plinth since the program was inaugurated with Simone Leigh’s Brick House in 2019. Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024 In the video, the man steps onto the plinth that holds the Cube and pushes it forward, shattering the work. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Fuse Audio This mechanism sits atop a stained ash plinth with either gold or black accenting, and a handy slot towards the rear for displaying album art during playback. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024 They were cleaned and then displayed on a traditional plinth at the museum entrance, according to the statement. Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for plinth 
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Noun
  • In the basement, Reiss had the floor of the kitchen dug out three and a half feet to gain height for the ceiling.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Our office is just 1,000 feet from Howelsen Hill Ski Area and its summer trail network, half a mile from the Spring Creek Trailhead, which connects to the Continental Divide, and only three miles from the Steamboat Springs Ski Resort.
    Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • White pedestals rise out of the floor whenever a character needs to be elevated, either in glory or shame.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • To Assemble Line the bottom of your elegant glass pedestal bowl with chunks of chocolate cake.
    Kathryn Streeter, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Zach Bryan returns to Glendale, Arizona, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, for a two-night stand at Desert Diamond Arena, a venue Bryan sold out in 2023, on his Quittin’ Time Tour 2024.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • There's also a stand version to keep your device propped up.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Eric Berger, a senior editor for Ars Technica who was there, wrote on X that two chairs had been removed from the dais shortly before the briefing began.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Also, longtime Mayor Steve Jones has reached the limit for terms leading on the dais.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Two weeks ago, auctioneer Phyllis Kao, in a tailored gray jacket and hair pinned in a black swirl at her forehead, leaned with tensile agility over the rostrum.
    thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The catcher is near the whale’s rostrum–near its beak, snout, and vertebrae.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But that win only became possible after rally leader Hyundai driver Ott Tänak crashed out spectacularly earlier on in the day to give Toyota a 1-2 shot at the podium while also handing his Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville his first driver’s championship.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The United Nations says nearly 900 biological females have fallen short of the podium because they were beaten out by trans athletes.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Which means, if their home and immediate family is stable, their foundation is solid and all the stuff going on around their home life isn’t in focus.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • However, the plan builds on that foundation by strengthening and expanding community partnerships and coordinating routine meetings to monitor progress.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Lionsgate is launching the film simultaneously in U.S. theaters, digital and on-demand platforms Nov. 22.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The total subscribers on Hims & Hers platform have nearly quadrupled from 0.5 million in 2021 to over 2 million now.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024

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“Plinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinth. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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