How to Use pillar in a Sentence
pillar
noun-
What’s the thing that excites you that could be a fourth pillar for Amazon?
— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024 -
The show is meant to represent and be about the gray between two pillars.
— Erik Piepenburg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024 -
The result is a kind of tug-of-war between two of the economy’s main pillars.
— Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023 -
The pillar shape is available in three different sizes, and all have the same features.
— Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023 -
Don't look to me as the pillar of health and wellness and having it all together.
— Wendy Naugle, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The site of one is now a street with houses, its entry pillars blending into the streetscape.
— Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The winner was thus a suspension bridge anchored to pillars on the two banks, rooted in dry land.
— Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The hangar doors and their supporting concrete pillars will be stabilized and left in place for the time being.
— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023 -
As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop comes to a close, the Recording Academy has one last trick up its sleeve to honor the pillars of the culture.
— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023 -
Washington sees him as one of the pillars of their rebuilding process.
— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 -
Another fun feature of the journal is the six pillars of wellness.
— Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2023 -
Enlarge / Super Heavy ascends on a pillar of flame in April 2023.
— Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023 -
That’s a lot of people — incredible performers and pillars of the show — to leave all at once.
— Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023 -
Plus, Gus Edwards hasn’t been a pillar of health during his career.
— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023 -
Carle’s since put his own spin on it, but the core principles, those concrete pillars, remain more or less the same.
— Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The second hit sends him face first into a nearby concrete pillar.
— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Near the studio’s entrance, three photographs, two hats and a pair of sunglasses sit on a pillar.
— Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023 -
But the Sixers have been getting the spot-up shooting along with the two pillars of their offense scoring in different ways.
— Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023 -
Omar Ayuso, who shares the same name as his character, is a pillar of the teen telenovela Elite.
— Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023 -
Once a pillar of the release calendar, rom-coms have largely been consigned to the smaller-scale world of streaming.
— David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024 -
All four were known to locals as pillars of the tightknit rural community.
— Rachel Pannett, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023 -
However, the expert said clearing the 1,200-foot area between the two pillars that supported the bridge’s main span will be enough to reopen the port to traffic.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The good news in this book is that the four pillars of investing continue to bear the weight of evidence and experience.
— Scott Burns, Dallas News, 20 July 2023 -
Todd says the service will also provide users suggestions on how to improve their rankings and hit goals built on the TIM pillars.
— Byeamon Barrett, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023 -
Crime The statewide uptick in crime over the last few years is another pillar of political campaigns in Virginia.
— Jack Pedigo, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023 -
The Chinese leader has made his corruption purge—with millions punished—a pillar of his rule.
— Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024 -
The vestibule opens into the central chapel, a square room adorned with four pillars and decorations everywhere.
— Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Of their insights, five trends stood out from the crowd, all with potential to become pillars within the American cocktail scene.
— David Tao, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Telepool stands on five major pillars, Higuchi-Zitzmann says.
— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Another way the Foundation marked its anniversary was to add a fifth area, a pillar, to help guide the philanthropic focus.
— IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2023
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