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as in line
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill

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as in pilaster
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure engraved columns supported the arch on either side

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Recent Examples of column At the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Feb. 7, Erivo continued her recent red carpet streak in a skin-baring Armani Privé Haute Couture black gown that appeared to consist of a low-cut peplum vest with beaded embellishments and a column skirt. Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025 Its columns are intact, as is its stately exterior constructed from thick local limestone. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025 And right beside the win-loss column — subject to your opinion of the person running the operation — there’s a skyscraper of either explanations or excuses. Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 It would be welcomed if Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper would publicly express their individual opinions and solutions via a guest column in The Denver Post. Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for column
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Noun
  • In the meantime, the operator said it’s making progress on its remediation plan, including analysis of other areas and additional in-line inspections.
    Joe Sutton, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.
    Brady Slack, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
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  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The queues for memory requests by resources were extended to allow more data to be in motion at once.
    Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Here are 12 must-listen leadership podcasts for women to add to your queue.
    Cynthia Pong, JD, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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  • There he is befriended by Tommy, a seeming pillar of the community.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Germany could be one of the countries most exposed to tariffs if they are implemented as exports are a key pillar for its economy.
    Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of sitting front row, Tracee Ellis Ross walked the Marni show in a deep red lip (which matched her nails), glass lids and a wet slick back.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Judges who scout for the organization voted New York City’s Atomix as the top restaurant in North America for the second year in a row, and Single Thread, the farm-to-table tasting menu spot in Healdsburg, California, reentered the list as the world’s 46th best restaurant.
    Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appétit, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • The deal is also the latest in a string of private companies letting employees cash out shares and lowering the pressure on themselves to go public.
    Kate Rooney, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The divisive material included a drawing of a hand controlling a puppet with strings, which Becker and others consider an antisemitic trope portraying Jews as wielding outsized influence in the world.
    Molly Gibbs and Grant Stringer Bay Area News Group (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • While Bondi pointed fingers at the FBI in New York, many more files exist in other jurisdictions.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
  • However, much of the material, including Epstein’s infamous contacts book, had already been made public through past litigation and discovery files.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Column.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/column. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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