Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taffrail
Noun
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Brunson would hop over the railing to confront Haliburton and ultimately set up an intense moment in front of the screaming New York-partisan crowd.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
20 May 2025 -
The fall occurred Thursday afternoon from the apartment's private balcony, which has protective glass, not a railing, according to Montgomery County police spokesperson Shiera Goff.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
16 May 2025
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The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Ramon Portelli for Studio NiCHE The comparatively large 10-sq-m (107-sq-ft) outdoor terrace features a bespoke limestone planter in place of a traditional balustrade.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
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There, he’s been working on high-speed rail, notably the long-beleaguered effort to build fast train lines up and down the spine of California.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
23 May 2025
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While Ramaphosa kept his composure and the meeting did not go off the rails like the infamous February meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the South African president was clearly put on his heels by Trump’s tactics.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The house has its original hardwood floors, and stairs with the original wood banister run up to the second floor.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Almost 14,000 square feet of living space is accented throughout with antiques from the collection of newspaper publisher and Crosby friend William Randolph Hearst, including a 17th-century wood staircase banister, linen fold paneling, and custom furnishings.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Recreations of railroad crossings and road signs and a guardrail prop added to the Texas-by-way-of-Hollywood vibe.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The legislature voted again to extend the guardrails for five years until June 30, 2028 but can be stopped by lawmakers after that date.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Visually, the scene recreates most of the composition and blocking of the game cutscene, from the design on Joel’s mug to the timing of when Ellie nervously thumps the porch bannister.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Kidman’s stairs are shrouded in fog, slicked with ice, seemingly steep, and have dangerous polar-mushrooms sprouting from the bannisters.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Taffrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taffrail. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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