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Recent Examples of embrasure
One room holds an embrasure, complete with a cannon, for those who can’t make the 2.5-mile round-trip hike to the fort itself.
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Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.
—William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.
—William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embrasure
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Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and groves for a unique way to dress them up.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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When hunting behavior by squirrels has been observed in the field, it's usually been a single isolated indent.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chill the cookies, and then spoon jam into the indentations.Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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The indentations turned out to be the footprints of reptiles and amphibians from the Permian period, which spanned from 251 million to 299 million years ago.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Building this way addresses a number of challenges from sustainability, workforce and housing shortages, and construction productivity.Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In the Inland Empire, values should climb 2.7% Though prices may keep rising, if incomes climb as well and mortgage rates fall, the housing market could become more affordable to people looking to break in.Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If there’s been a dent in Lankinen’s armour all season, too, it’s been his save rate off of relatively low-danger chances, something the Pietrangelo goal served to highlight.Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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By the numbers: Smartwatches claim the vast majority of the wearables market, but smart rings are beginning to make a dent; Samsung debuted one in February and Apple was recently rumored to be working on one too.Erin Brodwin, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Officers and detectives must share cubicles, there’s a lack of storage space, no area for K-9 units and little space for technology.Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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State of play: The trend over the last few months has been a slow but steady return to the land of cubicles and harsh fluorescent lighting.Yacob Reyes, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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The sanatorium is a seven-story brutalist-style structure, about 6,000 feet above sea level, a concrete shrine to the Soviet Union’s promotion of mandatory worker vacations.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Tokyo's Little Texas bar is a shrine to Texan culture, with walls covered in cowboy hats, Buc-ee's merch and memorabilia.Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of his original indenture of trust, Mr. Duke established four giving priorities — child and family well-being, health care, higher education and rural United Methodist churches and communities.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
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“Embrasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrasure. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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