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Recent Examples of stilt
Elsa Lanchester earned her place in film history with no dialogue and only three minutes of screen time as the beast's eponymous Bride, a performance that was influenced by Lanchester's negative observations of swans and made all the more bizarre by her stiff hairdo and foot-and-a-half tall stilts.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
While no single approach is perfect—solutions range from floating houses to homes built on stilts—Kumar believes working closely with local communities, to leverage their traditional knowledge while improving the sustainability of materials, is key for boosting resilience.
—Natalie Donback, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
One of the 10 cabanas on stilts by the 12,900-square-foot private pier, which have hammocks that drape out over the water and direct access to the sea.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
On the one hand are people – or private equity firms – with the cash to pay for hugely expensive home upgrades, such as rebuilding on stilts, or who can afford to self-insure and repair their properties.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
While no single approach is perfect—solutions range from floating houses to homes built on stilts—Kumar believes working closely with local communities, to leverage their traditional knowledge while improving the sustainability of materials, is key for boosting resilience.
—Natalie Donback, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
One of the 10 cabanas on stilts by the 12,900-square-foot private pier, which have hammocks that drape out over the water and direct access to the sea.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
On the one hand are people – or private equity firms – with the cash to pay for hugely expensive home upgrades, such as rebuilding on stilts, or who can afford to self-insure and repair their properties.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
Noun
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Another positive for Strasbourg is a new main stand at their Stade de la Meinau home, which will increase capacity from 26,000 to 32,000, will be open for next season.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Snacks and Beverages Frosty Moon - Tucked away among the greenery of Celestial Park is the Frosty Moon ice cream stand, featuring a fuchsia ice cream cone ringed with gold orbits atop the kiosk, hinting at the snowy treats inside.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Inland said the lone remaining crane was placing an end truss when the accident occurred around 5 p.m. A truss is a framework of beams often used to support roofs and bridges.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Jan. 2025
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During the spacewalk, Williams and Wilmore removed a radio frequency group antenna assembly from the station’s truss before turning their attention to collecting samples of surface material from both the Destiny laboratory module and the Quest airlock, where crew members exit the station.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Which song from the catalog will Barry Keoghan strut naked to through a mansion?—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
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In a 2008 Ebony profile, Banks posed with Iman, Alek Wek and Kimora Lee Simmons—women who were all toggling between fabulous modeling careers, as the faces of high fashion, and new options, in case the world of struts ever turned a cold shoulder.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Functional Elements for the Family In deep drawers, chunky wooden pegs serve as organizational guardrails for plates and bowls.—
Jody Garlock,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2025
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Efforts to cram the square pegs of the GOP's austere, oligarchic economic agenda into the round holes of an unraveling economy led by an unpopular, unstable autocrat are going to consume most of the next several months even in a best-case scenario for the party.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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