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Recent Examples of frieze
At the center of the frieze, next to Dionysus’ companion Silenus, stands a woman.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.
—Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Why wouldn’t the owner take the time to up-light the friezes?
—Sage Jessica Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.
—Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Why wouldn’t the owner take the time to up-light the friezes?
—Sage Jessica Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frieze
Noun
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The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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The gate is an imposing sandstone façade, beautifully detailed with wreaths, moldings, cornices, and other elements of classical architecture.—
Shalbha Sarda,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Aug. 2024
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Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
2 Feb. 2015
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The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There's already a pullout there road pullout there for visitors to stop and see the column of steam shooting into the sky.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2025
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These monumental columns, the hollow stone that bears witness to millennia of history - speaks louder than words.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had dominated the capital for most of the war, with the Sudanese army forced to set up a wartime hub at Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
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In Arkansas, a 5-year-old was killed Saturday by storms in the capital of Little Rock.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The addition neither aspires to novelty nor imitates great age, being free of balustrades, pilasters, dentil cornices, and all the other surface frosting that Beaux-Arts architects considered indispensable.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
25 Mar. 2025
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Of the several homes for sale in the building, Residence 5N is listed for $6.1 million and offers both modern living alongside exceptionally ornate, detailed moldings and carved pilasters.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Because a bat has a thick barrel and rotates when swung, its motion and power depend on the distribution of weight across the entire shaft, not just in one spot.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The formula features slip modifiers that reduce surface friction along the hair shaft, plus sugarcane extract to reduce frizz.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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For the first time, the French luxury house has opened the doors to one of its leather goods factories as part of its ongoing push to promote its pillar style.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Merchandise sales, often buoyed by collaborations, are one of the key potential pillars of LIV Golf club revenue along with sponsorships and prize money.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Frieze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frieze. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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