architecture

noun

ˈär-kə-ˌtek-chər How to pronounce architecture (audio)
Definition of architecturenext
as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the nonlinear architecture of the novel reflects a postmodern sensibility

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Recent Examples of architecture China worries The initial jitters came at the start of the week after China's leading memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, announced plans to roll out a server memory product based on new architecture. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Yovanovitch segued into interior architecture after a career as a menswear designer for Pierre Cardin. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Staying ahead in the new space race will require both investing in space architecture and establishing backup plans to offset the dangers of the emerging multipolar space age. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 SpaceX has moved propellant between tanks in one Ship before, but its architecture requires numerous transfers involving tanker ships to refill a fuel depot, which a Ship must visit in order to make journeys to the moon or Mars. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for architecture
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  1. structure
  2. framework
  3. infrastructure
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  • These structures provide the optical environment needed to generate the comb signals.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Drama staged this structure in the process of fracturing.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of structure
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  • But Netanyahu’s government wanted the existing framework kept intact, according to multiple sources who spoke to TIME, including an Israeli official and an international diplomat.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • These are welcome steps, as are the safety frameworks leading labs have published.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of framework
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  • The council urged the Muslim diaspora in America to accordingly develop its own lobbying infrastructure that will work to further the Palestinian cause.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Its latest five-year national economic blueprint elevated the linkage further, calling for pairing the build-out of computing infrastructure and green energy.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Architecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architecture. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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