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Recent Examples of peristyle
The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.
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Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
And for the next two nights, the Coliseum’s peristyle will be illuminated in blue light.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Standing before the renowned peristyle at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the 1984 Olympics opening ceremony was held, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday touted a $77-million infusion of cash for Metro to pay for more electric buses.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Advertisement The torch will be carried down the Coliseum’s peristyle steps.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
The ¾-mile course snaked around the field, looped uphill through the peristyle arches and returned to the floor with a 150-foot, free-fall jump.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
And at halftime, the chants and boos converged in song, in celebration, one of the biggest acts lighting up the peristyle.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
At least 10 peristyles have been attacked since 2021, according to Saint-Clou Augustin, a houngan.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
The parade, which is free and open to the public, starts at 11 a.m. at the Shrine Auditorium on West Jefferson Boulevard and proceeds south on Figueroa Street to Exposition Park Drive at the Coliseum, where a noon rally will take place in front of the historic peristyle.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
And for the next two nights, the Coliseum’s peristyle will be illuminated in blue light.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Standing before the renowned peristyle at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the 1984 Olympics opening ceremony was held, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday touted a $77-million infusion of cash for Metro to pay for more electric buses.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Advertisement The torch will be carried down the Coliseum’s peristyle steps.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
The ¾-mile course snaked around the field, looped uphill through the peristyle arches and returned to the floor with a 150-foot, free-fall jump.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
And at halftime, the chants and boos converged in song, in celebration, one of the biggest acts lighting up the peristyle.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
At least 10 peristyles have been attacked since 2021, according to Saint-Clou Augustin, a houngan.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
The parade, which is free and open to the public, starts at 11 a.m. at the Shrine Auditorium on West Jefferson Boulevard and proceeds south on Figueroa Street to Exposition Park Drive at the Coliseum, where a noon rally will take place in front of the historic peristyle.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peristyle
Noun
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An additional 200 balcony cabins overlook the World Promenade, the flashy seven-story open-air atrium.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: The work includes a two-story addition in the courtyard's interior, which creates a glass atrium to enhance the site's views.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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The building’s courtyard boasts its own economy — an ecosystem, really — where the residents are united by the effort to get by.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: The work includes a two-story addition in the courtyard's interior, which creates a glass atrium to enhance the site's views.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The quadrangle between the Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus had been filled with wooden tables and stalls selling wine and sfiha, a Bekaa specialty.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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But Stiller liked pausing on the precipice of the perverse love triangle—or quadrangle—of Mark torn by two halves of his consciousness toward two women.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Reservations are available for indoor and patio seating from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 30.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The patio was a nice wood deck with walls covered in field turf.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The aquarium was cited in January for cramped and unsanitary conditions in enclosures for otters, porcupines and other animals.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2025
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This design is just fundamentally a bay that accepts an M.2 SSD housed in a handy USB enclosure.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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According to court documents, Healy was eating with friends on Sept. 29, 1990 when he was approached by two men, one of whom pulled a gun and told them all to get up.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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According to People, Emily and Justin Baldoni have been spending time in Hawaii with their two children as his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, continues to face off against Lively's legal team in and outside of court.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
25 Jan. 2025
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It is attached to a galleria with a striking black slate floor, a wet bar, columns and glass doors that open onto the patio.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2024
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Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
30 Aug. 2023
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“Peristyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peristyle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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