cantilever

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Recent Examples of cantilever An architectural marvel, the Link is the world’s longest cantilever, floating between two towers like a futuristic sky bridge. Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 The top choices on our list include cantilever and market umbrellas in a variety of sizes and styles. Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025 As previously reported, work to overhaul the triple cantilever is expected to begin in 2028. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 What's left is a silicon dioxide cantilever with a thin metal layer on top. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Apr. 2019 See All Example Sentences for cantilever
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Noun
  • In addition, the arch leading to the house was inspired by Gothic architecture.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • On the far wall, framed by a red-and-gold Gothic arch, was the Black Virgin, a doll-like wooden figure that pilgrims come to see.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Downtown Kansas City drivers should expect major delays when a key highway faces partial closures for bridge girder installation on back-to-back weekends.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of the springer or girder front suspension and semi-hard-tail frame of the original, the Chief Vintage uses modern but stylized front forks and discreet twin rear shocks that mimic the unsprung frame of the post-war bikes.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Birdville’s Robin Conkle finished as a runner-up in the girls Class 5A 135-pound bracket.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For the first time, the selection committee will release the teams that will host the first two rounds in alphabetical order the day before the bracket is revealed.
    Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But, to paraphrase one of Philip's lines, his column is fluent, eloquent, and almost entirely beside the point.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Blue squares of sky cut through the empty windows, while tapered marble columns create an optical illusion that makes the two-story structure even grander.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Rhoades will have the buck mounted on a pedestal to display on a whiskey barrel in his business office.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Kaavia blew a kiss to the audience and left the pedestal.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Cantilever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantilever. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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