scaffold

as in platform
a raised flat surface Standing on a scaffold, the workers replaced the broken twelfth-story window.

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Recent Examples of scaffold In each case, technology acts as a scaffold, enabling personalized progress. Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 There are two metal tables with red chairs arrayed around them, and a scaffold sculpture of East Village detritus is up left forming a Christmas tree. Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 On the other hand, an amendment would allow many 13-year-olds to hit the cane fields and construction scaffolds on their summer break. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025 Assume that factories in Brazil can produce a scaffold frame for $100. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scaffold
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Noun
  • To achieve that, the team actively seeks out partnerships with streaming services that share its commitment to creating a platform where talent is celebrated.
    Malana VanTyle, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • To be sure, tax cuts and muscular national defense and a gimlet eye on other programs had been components of Republican platforms for generations.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Mixed Senior Open Doubles: Top seeds Julie Johnson & Steve Deakin returned to the podium together and gave both players the double senior gold for the weekend.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Falcon boys swimmers had multiple podium finishes, including sophomores Aidan Copeland and Hamilton Gates who tied for the 100-yard freestyle title with a time of 45.72.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025

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“Scaffold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaffold. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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