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as in tower
a large, magnificent, or massive building
the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices
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as in building
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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as in structure
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 edifice
Winter nights are freezing, and fires are impossible to light inside the flammable nylon edifice.
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Pilgrims to the Holy Land today are often surprised to see one remarkable edifice after another for which Herod was responsible.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
This new three-story edifice will boast race control, a media center, and television broadcasting capabilities, alongside luxury suites geared towards improving the spectator experience.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Eight days ahead of the December 7 reopening of the cathedral, Macron conducted an inspection, broadcast live on television, which provided the first official insight into how the 850-year-old edifice now looks inside.
—Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Pilgrims to the Holy Land today are often surprised to see one remarkable edifice after another for which Herod was responsible.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
This new three-story edifice will boast race control, a media center, and television broadcasting capabilities, alongside luxury suites geared towards improving the spectator experience.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Eight days ahead of the December 7 reopening of the cathedral, Macron conducted an inspection, broadcast live on television, which provided the first official insight into how the 850-year-old edifice now looks inside.
—Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edifice
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The park encompasses more than 2,000 acres and its namesake mountain towers at 6,285 feet.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Super Bowl fans in the suites are eating the most expensive food — seafood towers, tomahawk steaks and sushi.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
9 Feb. 2025
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Pursuing dangerous Medicaid block grant schemes and allowing flagrant violations of unequivocal state laws looks like throwing stones in a Capitol building made of glass.—
Sheldon Toubman,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
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For her latest presentation the designer and her team decided upon a massive space in a building located in the Financial District.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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The lasting scars on the Gaza landscape are plain to see in the more than 360,000 structures − homes, schools, hospitals, mosques and other buildings − that lie in a vast expanse of toxic rubble.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Just one in-game formation change — a move to a 5-4-1 after a late winner against Manchester City — in 2024-25 suggests United might rotate the players, but the broad structure has remained the same in possession.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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More than 170 proposals were submitted, including by famous architects like Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, who was in the midst of restoring Notre Dame cathedral.—
Elliott Verdier,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Consider the Roman Catholic pageantry and aesthetic splendor of it all, with the ceremonial rites, the pilgrimages to grand cathedrals (St. Dolby’s, St. Beverly Hilton’s), lots of sermonizing, and even fast days.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Read more Writer The AD daily newsletter Get essential design, architecture, and celebrity style reads, handpicked for you, every day.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2025
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Thierry can be a little cynical about historic buildings in this country compared to the centuries-old architecture in his native France, but he was fascinated by Savannah’s urban planning and construction.—
Frances MacDougall,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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The 1993 Oslo Accords, for example, relied on maps to provide the framework for Palestinian self-rule in return for security for Israel.—
Christine Leuenberger,
The Conversation,
7 Feb. 2025
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Graham unveiled the plan ahead of Senate Republicans' dinner with Mr. Trump on Friday night at Mar-a-Lago and a day after House Republicans spent hours at the White House trying to pull together their own framework.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Edifice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifice. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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