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Recent Examples of stanchion
Drawing a pair of technical fouls for first tossing the ball against the stanchion in disappointment in the first quarter and then becoming overly demonstrative arguing a foul call in the third, Jovic found himself oddly alone that night in the Heat locker room at Kaseya Center.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
The most noticeable cameras are embedded in circular screens atop chest-high stanchions, while the arena’s design cleverly hides others along the walls.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
However, even with a payment method linked, there was an issue at the stanchion, as the scanner repeatedly prompted the addition of a payment method when trying to re-enter the seating area.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Other items include a beautiful Art Deco chandelier from a Chicago-area theater, a brass stanchion set with velvet rope and an old-fashioned paper ticket machine.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2024
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
The most noticeable cameras are embedded in circular screens atop chest-high stanchions, while the arena’s design cleverly hides others along the walls.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
However, even with a payment method linked, there was an issue at the stanchion, as the scanner repeatedly prompted the addition of a payment method when trying to re-enter the seating area.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Other items include a beautiful Art Deco chandelier from a Chicago-area theater, a brass stanchion set with velvet rope and an old-fashioned paper ticket machine.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanchion
Noun
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Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Foundational pillars of our culture and our history came through so much sacrifice and so much collective experience.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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The team behind new research on the topic suggests that measuring whether gravitational waves from black hole mergers are right- or left-handed can tell us if the Cosmological Principle — an absolute pillar of astronomy — holds true.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This column originally ran in the Washington Free Beacon.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
1 Feb. 2025
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There is gold in them hills, and this column will share only the most choice nuggets.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the center pier — a vertical support structure — five out of the six timber beams showed severe decay.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Feb. 2025
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But there’s not enough of the material, and beaches south of the Oceanside pier are shrinking at an increasing rate.—
Philip Diehl,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Stanchion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanchion. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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