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Recent Examples of stilt
The camp’s purposefully minimalist design, most of it set on stilts, touches lightly on the land.
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Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
Every ten spaces or so is one that calls for a skill-testing competition between two teams—tug-of-war, a sack race, racing on stilts or targeting giant wooden geese by slingshot.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Various proposals have suggested a tunnel underneath the ocean floor, while others have suggested building it on stilts.
—Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Sometimes, these doubles did not directly touch, like the two towers on stilts in a drawing from 1989, reflecting the fear of infection and transmission of HIV or the impossibility of a platonic love.
—Mateus Nunes, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
Every ten spaces or so is one that calls for a skill-testing competition between two teams—tug-of-war, a sack race, racing on stilts or targeting giant wooden geese by slingshot.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Various proposals have suggested a tunnel underneath the ocean floor, while others have suggested building it on stilts.
—Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Sometimes, these doubles did not directly touch, like the two towers on stilts in a drawing from 1989, reflecting the fear of infection and transmission of HIV or the impossibility of a platonic love.
—Mateus Nunes, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
Noun
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Both the main stand they will be perched in and the ‘Tech End’ stand to their right have barely changed since that October 1, 1994, meeting.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Republican National Committee told the justices to let the lower ruling stand, which found the dating requirement does not violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because its materiality provision applies only to registration forms, not actual ballots.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Corps engineers will continue to analyze the massive steel truss structure that fell across the Dali and into the shipping channel.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
1 Apr. 2024
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Designed with distinct spaces that flow easily between indoors and outdoors, the house has a patio that divides the bedroom to the West from the other living spaces to the East, sliding glass doors, and pergola trusses or redwood between the pool and house.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After beating Swiatek and the Belarusian at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Gauff had the strut of someone who believed again.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Which is what makes the actual meeting so disarming when the star struts into the Temple and turns out to be so… normal.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Walls can be used for bins and shelving, peg boards for tools, and even hooks for bikes or athletic equipment.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
24 Jan. 2025
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Beginning in July 1997, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea abandoned dollar pegs, sending currencies tumbling.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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