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Recent Examples of spire
But this year should see the 564-foot-tall Tower of Jesus of Christ, the basilica’s 18th and final spire (the 17 shorter ones are dedicated to the 12 apostles, four Evangelists and the Virgin Mary), finished in time for the centenary of architect Antoni Gaudí’s death in June.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The temple and its 82-foot spire are easily visible from the Loop 202 freeway in the southeast Valley.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025
At the top, the crown earns its place on the skyline with 300 feet of empty structure that could almost pass for a spire from one angle, or a stack of office floors from another, but in fact exist to host a glittering nightly show of light art by Leo Villareal.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
The temple and its 82-foot spire are easily visible from the Loop 202 freeway in the southeast Valley.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025
At the top, the crown earns its place on the skyline with 300 feet of empty structure that could almost pass for a spire from one angle, or a stack of office floors from another, but in fact exist to host a glittering nightly show of light art by Leo Villareal.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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Sometimes that shift is accompanied by a kind of right-wing spiral.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2026
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In that spiral, my focus narrowed to damage control.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
Noun
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This change interacts with the magnets, increasing their magnetic field, and initiating a flow of new electricity through the coils.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Remnants of six coils of fragile leather thong were also preserved on the shaft.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
Noun
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But recently TikTok is discovering the face-framing magic that comes from turning your curls inward.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Feb. 2026
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These handles are usually coloured red or yellow, to identify each team’s stones, and the players control which way the stone curls by rotating the handle in one direction or the other.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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