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Recent Examples of cantilever
At that time, city engineers determined that its badly cracked cantilevers, or wing-like bridge supports, required costly repair or full replacement.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2024
There were box wings, tube wings, cantilever wings, rotating wings, and wings that looked like Venetian blinds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
The triple cantilever, a key link of the BQE and one of the primary economic arteries of the region, carries 130,000 cars and over 13,000 trucks per day.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
Cantilever Shade The benefit of a cantilever shade is maximum coverage with minimal posts, as it's suspended from a side pole rather than one in the center or one on each corner.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2024
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2024
There were box wings, tube wings, cantilever wings, rotating wings, and wings that looked like Venetian blinds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
The triple cantilever, a key link of the BQE and one of the primary economic arteries of the region, carries 130,000 cars and over 13,000 trucks per day.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
Cantilever Shade The benefit of a cantilever shade is maximum coverage with minimal posts, as it's suspended from a side pole rather than one in the center or one on each corner.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantilever
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The structure was drafted by a stage designer before being realized by an architect, a choice that’s reflected in some of its fanciful elements (some of which contemporary architects dismissed as kitsch) like frescoes, Romanesque arches, Gothic delicacy and whiffs of Art Nouveau foreshadowing.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Any artist who has had an early career arch like Tate’s should be thrilled not only to top the Billboard 200 but to have journeyed to the summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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One of three key findings in the report was that the solid plate girder and deck acted as an airfoil, creating drag and lift, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of workers from the Indian city of Cooch Behar lug steel girders into the concrete shells of what will be dormitories, as a leaf blower removes detritus from an artificial-turf soccer pitch.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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After demolishing what had been the top team in the section, San Ramon Valley could receive a high seed in the NorCal Open Division bracket, the highest level.—
Joseph Dycus,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The girls’ bracket has Ontario Christian meeting the winner of Sierra Canyon-Mission Hills.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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This column is our attempt to clinically outline the facts about deficits — and efforts to reduce or eliminate them.—
Axios,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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This was also the week that Los Angeles Opera took its annual break from its grand pedestal at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and presented the West Coast premiere of another opera from Beth Morrison Projects at REDCAT.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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In the office, furnishings from Hobeika’s childhood home in Paris—like the vintage wood chinoiserie desk and the wood pedestal—received a second life.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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