plinths

plural of plinth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plinths
Noun
  • Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Ohtani, who hadn't driven in a run in the postseason, hadn't hit a home run in nearly two months, and had been clearly battling multiple health issues, promptly destroyed a 1-1 pitch at 113 mph and 428 feet to make it 4-0 LA.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Six individual seats are 'floating’ on hidden pedestals to keep the floor space clear.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That site is temporarily closed, and many of the items—pedestals and furniture, photographs and tools—are coming from Paris for this show, giving Brancusi’s cool, abstract sculptures a rich, human context.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • On the opposite end of the strip outside the Palais, toy brands Mattel, Hasbro and Pokemon occupy three adjacent stands.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Four levels increase capacity The original storage stands were designed in the 1990s to accommodate three magnets.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Dropping two cylinders and losing almost three liters of displacement means there’s no option for shaking a garage on its foundations or setting off car alarms while waiting for a red light.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The fund launched with $27 million, including an initial $10 million donation from the Knight Foundation and support from Pivotal and the Ford, MacArthur, Robert Wood Johnson and Schmidt Family foundations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Lessons from the smartphone wars Zuckerberg’s push to own the full stack may stem from his nearly two-decade rivalry with Apple and Google, which control the world’s dominant smartphone platforms.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Plinths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinths. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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