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To get the most out of a trip inside, book a special visit to the substructure (basically the backstage area where people and animals waited to be brought onstage), the third tier, and the belvedere via the Colosseum's website.
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Katie Parla, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Topalian has made doors up to 24 feet tall that require their own steel or aluminum substructure.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2025
The overall condition of every bridge is rated based on the lowest score given to any one of its three components: the deck, or surface, of the bridge, the superstructure that supports the deck and the substructure that supports the entire structure.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
This revealed substructures form in disks that have widths 30 times the distance between Earth and the sun (30 astronomical units).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2025
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Katie Parla, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Topalian has made doors up to 24 feet tall that require their own steel or aluminum substructure.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2025
The overall condition of every bridge is rated based on the lowest score given to any one of its three components: the deck, or surface, of the bridge, the superstructure that supports the deck and the substructure that supports the entire structure.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
This revealed substructures form in disks that have widths 30 times the distance between Earth and the sun (30 astronomical units).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substructure
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Within this framework, Keiko positioned herself as a conservative political figure broadly aligned with pro-market economic policies and tough-on-crime positions, while seeking to distance herself, at least rhetorically, from the excesses of her father’s government.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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His opponents mostly argue within the same framework, insisting the system should be fairer but still organized around the same ideals.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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This has led to the fairly obvious conclusion that this substratum of Disney’s movie-making is nothing more than brand promotion and capital gain.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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If companies want to build data centers, for example, they should be required not only to absorb any electricity-cost increases but also to pay for upgrades to our grid infrastructure.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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With this scaling, the tech could be brought to high-performance architecture for the next generation of consumer electronics and renewable energy infrastructure.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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Littell loaded the bases with one out in the fourth.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Rambus reported a first-quarter operating margin of 42%, on an adjusted basis, which was lower than the 46% reported in the year-ago period.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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The only other two candidates to get double-digit support were Bianco and Becerra.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Public First has spent four hundred and fifty thousand dollars in support of Bores.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Friendship Bay Beach on the eastern shore is another popular anchorage with a beautiful beachfront, while remote Crescent Beach on the island's northeast coast offers a castaway feel.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Touska will be taken to an anchorage or port for inspection or valuation, Schuster said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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Retailer profit margins are chronically slim — and during rapid crude price increases even negative — giving them an incentive to raise prices quickly as the cost of crude and of refined gas mounts — and to try to hold the higher prices steady to recover their margins as their other costs call.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Then again, Ortiz has been pretty charmed this weekend with five winners on Friday, including the Oaks, and five seconds in 11 mounts Saturday before capping it with the Derby.—
Gary B. Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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When your foundation feels steady, everything else begins to move forward with more ease.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Life forms of increasing complexity filled the seas, providing the evolutionary foundations for nearly every phylum alive today.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
1 May 2026
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“Substructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substructure. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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