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edifices

noun

plural of edifice

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a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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Recent Examples of edifices Tea & Coffee Piazza was essentially architecture in miniature, translating the vocabulary of buildings into household objects that echoed the postmodern edifices it was so obviously bought for. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Neighborhoods have sprung back to life thanks to new ferry services; long-derelict edifices are being renovated, including the 1888 Custom House, which is opening this year as a hotel, The Langham; and there are plans for a pedestrian bridge. — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Over time, however, some intrepid people moved into the ruins of these edifices, setting up tents on the concrete floors, using bed sheets as walls, cooking on makeshift stoves. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades. — Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 There were fewer speeches and more musical performances than the norm at the typical dedications of presidential edifices. — Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Glass and steel edifices sprang up in cities around the country, and brought with them the heyday of downtowns. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Those living in Upper Manhattan and Harlem must contend with buildings and structures rising up from The Bronx; those on the Upper East Side and Midtown will be looking toward Queens, while those in the East Village, down to Houston Street, are facing Brooklyn edifices. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026

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Other commenters reported that some of the festival’s sound towers did not seem to be working during portions of the show.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
The team assembles, jumping off lifeguard towers, leaping over beach patrons, and, of course, running and diving in slow motion to make the rescue.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026

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Additional buildings were added in 2017 when the property opened as a hotel, then named Las Alcobas Napa Valley.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massive construction project that’s still in progress.

— John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

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For the regional stage, meaning the cancer has spread to nearby structures or lymph nodes, the 5-year relative survival rate is 40%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Vibrations merge into rhythm The experimental material combines elastic structures, sensors, electronics and actuators.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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Originally inspired by the basilicas and cathedrals of Paris, Luminiscence co-founder Romain Sarfati and his team developed a way to engage visitors with the historic architectural beauty surrounding them.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Notre Dame Stadium is one of the cathedrals of college football.

— Curt Rallo, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cathedrals

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Open systems support integration The collaboration relies on open-system architectures that allow different technologies to work together.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Design architectures that can introduce emerging compute resources without rebuilding the enterprise around them.

— Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of architectures

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And indeed, many other movie palaces in Chicago did end up falling to the wrecking ball.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Viewers are swept through the country estates of Dorset to the wilds of Dartmoor, before heading into Regency London and out to the palaces of Buckinghamshire.

— Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of palaces

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In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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