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a large, magnificent, or massive building
the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance
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Damaged during installation, Doyle has been banished to an obscure corner of the cathedral with Chet, a perpetually cheerful rain gutter voiced by Haley Joel Osment.
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Hammer gets to don a hard hat and go into the cathedral, scheduled to reopen to the public this December, to view the results of five years of painstaking work.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
Shortly after Mass, during which attendees sang a 2012 song penned by Simmons himself, a workout instructor stood on the steps to the Place d'Armes park in front of the cathedral.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Oct. 2024
Similar boards have also been found carved into cloister seats at English cathedrals.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2024
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Hammer gets to don a hard hat and go into the cathedral, scheduled to reopen to the public this December, to view the results of five years of painstaking work.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
Shortly after Mass, during which attendees sang a 2012 song penned by Simmons himself, a workout instructor stood on the steps to the Place d'Armes park in front of the cathedral.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Oct. 2024
Similar boards have also been found carved into cloister seats at English cathedrals.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2024
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The tower gets impressively tall, but Caroline ultimately takes the fall.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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An array of park trails are within a 25-minute drive of your tower, including Sunday Gulch Trailhead, which weaves by dramatic van-sized boulders for three miles, or the take the route up Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s highest point.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Mandela was raised alongside the royal family in the palace and attended a Methodist school.Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 4 Nov. 2024
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One ticket grants you access to five incredible sights in this historic palace built for the Farnese dukes: the National Gallery, the Farnese Theater, the Archeological Museum, the Palatine Library, and the Bodoni Museum, which is Italy’s first printing museum.Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
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The work calls for climbing any manner of tall objects and edifices – frequently flagpoles but also towers, smokestacks and even the occasional cross – to install, repair, paint, maintain or inspect them.Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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The nature of the academic process naturally favors building on the existing edifice of theory instead of starting over, on fresh ground.Steve Denning, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Cathedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cathedral. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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