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Recent Examples of pilaster
Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
And then this pilaster rising up.
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Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Common features included grand arches, decorative molding and pilasters, which are vertical columns that project from walls.
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Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Feb. 2026
In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.
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Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
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Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.
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Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 2025
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
And then this pilaster rising up.
—
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Common features included grand arches, decorative molding and pilasters, which are vertical columns that project from walls.
—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Feb. 2026
In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.
—
Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.
—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.
—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pilaster
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and wrote the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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United is a staple of the gossip column and so supporters must take any reporting about transfer targets linked to their club with a pinch of salt.
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The only way to preserve our republic is to strengthen the pillars of our present with the mortar of our past.
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These clips, showing first-person views from drones striking military and logistical sites, have become a pillar of Ukraine’s wartime propaganda efforts to illustrate battlefield successes against Russia.
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“Pilaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilaster. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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