abutment

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Recent Examples of abutment The Rapidan Dam’s west abutment failed Monday, sending the river around the dam and eroding the bank where the home sat. Margery A. Beck, Twin Cities, 26 June 2024 Their family home is only feet away from the Blue Earth River, which has overpowered the dam’s west abutment and is causing mass flooding along the area. Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 June 2024 Workers have also begun repairing the concrete abutments that will support the future bridge. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024 Work on the bridge began in 2021 and included replacing the abutments, support piers and bridge deck. Michelle Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for abutment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abutment
Noun
  • There’s a vast juxtaposition between his place and his play.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • The bodice of the dress included a formfitting silhouette, with contrasting soft fabric to add further juxtaposition to Portman’s designer attire.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • April 2025 The Devil: April calls you to confront any attachments or patterns that may be holding you back, Scorpio, as The Devil urges you to break free from unhealthy cycles.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
  • The bright, responsive display is easy to read, and the secure band attachment system is a nice touch.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Privacy technology has experienced a renaissance (evident in Monero’s price action and advances in zero-knowledge research) partly as a course correction against crypto's uncomfortable proximity to establishment power.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Consumers use the app to discover and purchase these bags from businesses in their vicinity.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Residents who live in the vicinity described the encampment as a drive-through for drugs, KNBC reported, adding that neighbors have contacted the city a number of times about it but to no avail.
    David Chiu, People.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Arthrex Manufacturing in Pendleton, S.C., for example, makes surgical sutures, or threads that surgeons use for stitches, but they are not considered a textile company because the end product is medical, Ms. Cole said.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The Catholic aid organization is outfitting the popemobile with rapid infection tests, vaccines, diagnostic tools, and suture kits, to be staffed by medical personnel.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • In one of them, which was posted last June and found to be filmed on Bear Rock Road in Durham, the driver of a Ferrari can be seen slowing to about 8 mph at the intersection of Higganum Road before allegedly accelerating to 77 mph in a 30 mph residential zone, the warrant affidavit said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
  • The two-vehicle crash happened around 5:15 p.m. April 20 at the intersection of West 143rd and King streets, Overland Park police said.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Not to mention a wide array of articulation and light gimmicks.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Performers stood in front of the stage, progressing up scales and practicing articulation exercises, prepping for the show’s American roots score, which spans bluegrass, blues and gospel music.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The team was accused of stuffing and smoothing the seams of the rear attenuator, a part that is standard for all teams and therefore cannot be modified.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • The Playback Split is a tapered full-length jean with side seam hem splits.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 15 May 2025

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“Abutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abutment. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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