as in cathedral
a large, magnificent, or massive building
a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city
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Recent Examples of tower
Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
The home is fronted by a long, gated driveway flanked by towering mature trees.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
It’s equipped with more than 150,000 tents and toilets, 3,000 kitchens and 11 hospitals, as well as roads, electricity, water and communication towers.
—Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
While some occasions call for towering tiers and elegant layers, others are best suited for more humble, but equally delicious loaves or sheet cakes.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
The home is fronted by a long, gated driveway flanked by towering mature trees.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
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Consider the Roman Catholic pageantry and aesthetic splendor of it all, with the ceremonial rites, the pilgrimages to grand cathedrals (St. Dolby’s, St. Beverly Hilton’s), lots of sermonizing, and even fast days.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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More than 170 proposals were submitted, including by famous architects like Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, who was in the midst of restoring Notre Dame cathedral.—
Elliott Verdier,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Robinhood's assets under custody climbed 88% in the quarter to $193 billion, while quarterly net interest revenue, the bulk of which comes from margin investing, jumped 25% to $296 million.—
Jaiveer Shekhawat and Manya Saini,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The lowest low came in 2001, the race where Earnhardt crashed into the wall on the last lap of the 500 and never climbed out of the car, shocking the sport and the nation.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2025
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What would this mean, structurally, for those shorter edifices?—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The gremlins come out; the edifices crumble; the saucy doubts and fears triumph.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2024
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He was helped by Denver ascending into contention, which resulted in the team’s first playoff berth since 2015, while snapping a streak of seven straight losing seasons.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2025
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In a climactic sequence unfolding in woodland, the camera ascends to offer the stark sight of the trees, arrestingly straight and tall.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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About 40 minutes outside of town is Pae Krung Kao Restaurant, a few miles from Ayutthaya, a palace dating to the 14th century and a model for Bangkok’s Grand Palace.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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The duty requires Dam-yi to distance herself from her humble upbringing outside of the palace.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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With the leadership transition and mounting financial strain, parents rightly fear their children will pay the price.—
Sendhil Revuluri,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump's administration began mass firings of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees on Friday, a move that comes just weeks after a fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., and as concerns mount over air traffic control staffing shortages.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The lasting scars on the Gaza landscape are plain to see in the more than 360,000 structures − homes, schools, hospitals, mosques and other buildings − that lie in a vast expanse of toxic rubble.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Just one in-game formation change — a move to a 5-4-1 after a late winner against Manchester City — in 2024-25 suggests United might rotate the players, but the broad structure has remained the same in possession.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Those two should also help lift the club’s dismal infield defense.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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At one point, Musk lifted his son on his shoulders.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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