stilt

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Recent Examples of stilt Her routine was to go to her friend’s condo that was up on stilts. NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 Trump’s is nonsense on stilts, Doyle McManus writes. Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 La Galerie is positioned on a hilltop amongst the trees, a cantilevered structure balancing magically on orange stilts and emitting a sense of weightlessness. Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Designed by Isabelle Poulain, the hotel's sizeable suites are built on stilts, providing unique vantage points across the goings-on of the forest. Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stilt 
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Noun
  • The city is expecting 500,000 tourists for the pop star’s six-night, two-weekend stand of her Eras tour.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Funnels and Pinch Points Funnels and pinch-points are among the most orthodox stand locations during the rut.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Once done checking out, customers can walk through one of the three exit trusses, an increase from the usual two, to help exiting the store remain a quick process.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The developers did in fact take innovative steps to limit harm to plants and animals, such as leaving some native vegetation in place and installing steel trusses of different heights to match the ground’s natural contours, rather than leveling all the land flat.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Klum’s star really began to take off in the next few years, with her stint on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998, her first strut down the runway as a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 1999, and her hosting gig for Project Runway starting in 2004.
    Architectural Digest, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In another, fans directed profanities and one-finger salutes to Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., who blew kisses to the stands and seemed to strut after making a wild catch in the fourth inning.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Taking on diamond giant De Beers In the diamond-trading hall downstairs from HB’s offices, the mugshots of bad creditors and swindlers are displayed on a peg board.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Sharon Stone’s 1996 film Last Dance earned $2 million, and more recently, Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) had $8 million for a Galentine’s Day peg.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024

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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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