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1
: a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass)
2
: the upper tapering part of something (such as a tree or antler) : pinnacle
3
a
: a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower
b
: steeple
a church spire
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Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The lone, roughly 800-foot-tall sandstone spire stretched upward from the canyon floor, looking like a couple of fingers extended toward the sky to feel the wind.
—Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The 2024-ready renovations ahead of the 150th running of the race helped make the spires more visible.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The lone, roughly 800-foot-tall sandstone spire stretched upward from the canyon floor, looking like a couple of fingers extended toward the sky to feel the wind.
—Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Both crosses were removed from the cathedral’s steeple and spire in 1998 for building renovations.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spire. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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