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Recent Examples of flying buttress
An aerodynamic channel in the rear pillar creates a flying buttress, while the roof is painted black.
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Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021
The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually.
—Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020
And the damage threatened the delicate balance of forces between the vault and the cathedral’s flying buttresses: The entire building teetered on possible collapse.
—Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020
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Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021
The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually.
—Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020
And the damage threatened the delicate balance of forces between the vault and the cathedral’s flying buttresses: The entire building teetered on possible collapse.
—Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flying buttress
Noun
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Ice shelves like Amery act as buttresses, slowing the flow of glaciers into the sea, and playing a crucial role in stabilizing the Antarctic Ice Sheet.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The shale boom has been one of the strongest buttresses supporting the recovery of the U.S. economy following the Great Recession.—
Jason Bordoff,
Foreign Affairs,
6 July 2017
Noun
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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
Noun
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Trump’s appearances before Congress during his first term did little to move the needle on his approval rating.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead of worrying about provisioning resources or troubleshooting the latest server hiccup, you’re freed up to work on the things that really move the needle.—
Kirimgeray Kirimli,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Flying buttress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flying%20buttress. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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