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pyramid

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Recent Examples of pyramid
Noun
In the Eastern Hills High School pyramid, two scenarios call for renovating Bill Elliott Elementary School and combining East Handley Elementary School and Atwood McDonald Elementary School, either at a rebuilt and expanded East Handley or Atwood McDonald. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025 Polish archaeologists who were excavating a large pyramid in San Isidro, El Salvador, found a collection of items that resembled a funeral deposit but were missing human remains, according to a March 5 Facebook post from Antiquity. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 The two commercial payloads are a memorial plaque, but with no human remains, for the company Beyond Burial, and a little pyramid with a seed bank and digital time capsule for the company LifeShip. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025 Last year, a plan to cover the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of Giza’s three pyramids, with granite blocks was scrapped after widespread backlash. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pyramid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyramid
Noun
  • Martha Stewart Miles Anti-Fatigue Mat $67 $30 at Wayfair What sets this mat apart from others is its cushiony middle layer.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This final layer will give the film a theatrical feel.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • They had been left openly stacked by toilets, stashed in closets, and crammed in a pool pump house in a portrayal of arrogant disdain for protocols of American national security.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Kate Hudson has visited with mom Goldie Hawn and daughter Rani, and Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon hosted a getaway that included an al fresco rustic dinner stacked with A-listers from Jennifer Aniston to Kristen Bell.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Charlie would love to sleep in bed at night and spend his days outside or on leisurely walks.
    Trish Stinger and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And like many parents, when the kids go to bed, Meghan and Prince Harry like to unwind with some of their favorite shows.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Whether it’s served with cabbage, piled high on rye, or crisped up in a skillet, corned beef remains a symbol of Irish-American resilience, celebration, and good eating.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Locals said the bodies were piled into mass graves near the village’s Alawite shrine.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Take note the shape of the hole (flat or raised?), whether or not soil is mounded up, and the size (a quarter or a soccer ball?), which are all clues to the animal responsible.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Carefully spoon the filling back into the potato shells, mounding the stuffing in the center.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In September 2024 the FDIC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that was designed to reinforce and clarify the recordkeeping requirements for bank deposits help by nonbank companies.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In a major policy reversal, the SEC rescinded Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 — a controversial rule that required banks to treat crypto assets as liabilities on their balance sheets.
    MacKenzie Sigalos,Ari Levy, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Pyramid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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