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Recent Examples of spire
Pinault’s company Kering donated $113 million to the reconstruction of Notre-Dame after the 2019 fire destroyed its spire designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century.
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Trump was president in 2019 when the fire engulfed Notre Dame, collapsing its spire and threatening to destroy one of the world’s greatest architectural treasures.
—Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
It was added much later, in the 11th century, and topped with a tall spire during the 14th century.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Trump was president in 2019 when the fire engulfed Notre Dame, collapsing its spire and threatening to destroy one of the world’s greatest architectural treasures.
—Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
It was added much later, in the 11th century, and topped with a tall spire during the 14th century.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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The selection also features Syrian director Anas Khalaf’s Love 45 about an overweight Lebanese man who is caught in a destructive spiral, which is in production.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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The 49ers, who’ve relished fifth-round picks under coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch since 2017, selected Samuel in the 2019 second round and parlayed his talents into four deep playoff runs before last season’s 6-11, last-place spiral.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The areas had large pieces of Middle and Late Iron Age pottery, as well as other cooking vessels and a spindle whorl.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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The self-flagellation is uncomfortable and dark, and the instrumental’s whorl of warped voices, sax melodies, and bass lines intensifies the feeling that he is trapped within his choices. 17.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But per White’s norm, each is so clearly delineated and well-cast that the largesse never gets confusing or overwhelming as the stories intertwine and coil and slither around each other like a nest of snakes.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The heat pump compressor moves refrigerant through the coils to capture or release heat.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.—
Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
Noun
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Instead, opt for a hydrating mist to define your curl pattern while maintaining moisture.—
Siena Gagliano,
Allure,
1 Mar. 2025
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And so, the combination of the shirt ruffle and the curls, there was a lot of frills going on.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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