Thesaurus results for EDIFICES

edifices

noun

plural of edifice

as in towers

a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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Recent Examples of edifices In this square was a century-old courthouse, and surrounding that, a Woolworth’s, department stores and mining company offices whose names are still chiseled into stone edifices. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Tea & Coffee Piazza was essentially architecture in miniature, translating the vocabulary of buildings into household objects that echoed the postmodern edifices it was so obviously bought for. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Neighborhoods have sprung back to life thanks to new ferry services; long-derelict edifices are being renovated, including the 1888 Custom House, which is opening this year as a hotel, The Langham; and there are plans for a pedestrian bridge. — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Over time, however, some intrepid people moved into the ruins of these edifices, setting up tents on the concrete floors, using bed sheets as walls, cooking on makeshift stoves. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades. — Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 There were fewer speeches and more musical performances than the norm at the typical dedications of presidential edifices. — Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Glass and steel edifices sprang up in cities around the country, and brought with them the heyday of downtowns. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026

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Construction has already begun on the new district, named the Water Gardens, which will include two hotels and residential and office towers, and is set for completion before the end of 2028.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
But opponents have argued that other forms of infrastructure such as drones or surveillance towers are just as effective and a lot less expensive than the wall plans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of towers

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In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Half the electricians told us demand from data centers is climbing, the exact buildings major tech companies are racing to put up.

— Alok Chanani, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of buildings

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For New Wave, Ropion and McCurtin looked to one of perfumery’s most enduring structures—the amber accord—and considered how to reinterpret it for today.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Rates and fee structures for checking and savings accounts are subject to change, and interest rates can rise or fall along with the federal funds rate.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of structures

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Originally inspired by the basilicas and cathedrals of Paris, Luminiscence co-founder Romain Sarfati and his team developed a way to engage visitors with the historic architectural beauty surrounding them.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Notre Dame Stadium is one of the cathedrals of college football.

— Curt Rallo, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cathedrals

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The team used Argonne’s Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), developed to run large-scale cosmological simulations across different supercomputing architectures.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Design architectures that can introduce emerging compute resources without rebuilding the enterprise around them.

— Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of architectures

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From the Renaissance palaces of Italy to the ryokan inns of Japan, the hospitality sector has been an active player in restoring old properties.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
At the highest tier, palaces and soaring residences allow even more space, privacy, and room for entertaining, creating a distinctly residential feel.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of palaces

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Businesses face a growing body of legislation, reporting requirements and regulatory frameworks that can potentially overlap.

— Ben Vanpeperstraete, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
This theory, also known as active inference or the free energy principle, has become one of the most important frameworks in neuroscience for understanding how the brain works as a whole.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of frameworks

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In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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