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Recent Examples of spire
As part of its restoration, the cathedral received three new bells, one that was rung during the Olympics, and a new spire.
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Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
The cathedral’s spire collapsed and much of the upper walls were damaged.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
As twilight casts a golden hue over the spires of Budapest and the cobblestone streets of Belgrade, a new chapter in wealth management unfolds across Central and Eastern Europe.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
This suite’s private balcony has views of the village church spire and surrounding mountain peaks.
—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
The cathedral’s spire collapsed and much of the upper walls were damaged.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
As twilight casts a golden hue over the spires of Budapest and the cobblestone streets of Belgrade, a new chapter in wealth management unfolds across Central and Eastern Europe.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
This suite’s private balcony has views of the village church spire and surrounding mountain peaks.
—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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These kinds of thoughts send you off into a spiral of anxiety, stress, and rumination.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The inflation/interest rate spiral is killing business confidence, as most Russian enterprises can't survive for too long with current extreme interest rates.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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This technique would be similar to how forensic scientists match fingerprints today, by comparing just a few points of interest rather than the entire whorl.Adam Czajka, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2019
Noun
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This high-efficiency midrange has a full copper cap and a pure titanium voice coil.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Large search coils can detect objects buried deeper underground but may not pick up smaller items.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.Leo Rubinfien, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2021
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Sill and Bill wore their curls to do some skating twirls.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Playing baseball outside left him with grass and dirt stuck in his curls.Jurnee Smollett, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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