FLYING BUTTRESS Synonyms: 13 Similar Words

flying buttress

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as in buttress

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Recent Examples of flying buttress The console takes a page from Corvette with a flying buttress separating driver from passenger — doubling as an Oh, Crap! — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022 An aerodynamic channel in the rear pillar creates a flying buttress, while the roof is painted black. — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021 Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually. — Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020 The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks. — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for flying buttress

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Noun

With their swollen, flaring buttresses and soaring heights of 80 feet or more, the trees are awe-inspiring when reflected in the dark water.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Mahama stressed the need for African governments to cut waste and improve governance as a buttress against increasingly frequent international shocks because a return to the old system of global support is very unlikely.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 5 June 2026

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Naturally, the team now wants to unravel how the neurons are signaling and processing feedback across these connected machines, and also see if adding more connections could shift the needle even further in the right direction.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Appointments typically start with a consultation and a review of TMJ history, followed by cleaning the jawline, mapping injection points with a white eyeliner pencil and placing botulinum toxin into the muscle with very thin needles.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

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