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Recent Examples of spire
Later this year, stay tuned for the hotel to unveil their rooftop bar and restaurant, where guests will be able to soak up incredible views of Prague Castle, the Czech National Museum, and the city’s countless tiled rooftops and historic spires at sunset.
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The shrimp cocktail at the comically exclusive Polo Bar in Manhattan is an imposing specimen, the crustaceans arriving tightly shingled on a steeple of ice accented by a celery spire.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
But the real showstopper is its soaring shikhara (spire), at 116 feet, which mirrors the mythical axis of the universe in Hindu cosmology.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The shrimp cocktail at the comically exclusive Polo Bar in Manhattan is an imposing specimen, the crustaceans arriving tightly shingled on a steeple of ice accented by a celery spire.
—Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
But the real showstopper is its soaring shikhara (spire), at 116 feet, which mirrors the mythical axis of the universe in Hindu cosmology.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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Asawa is best known for creating a continuous form within a form, but there are a variety of bulbs, gourd-like shapes and spirals.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Related article An eerie spiral lit up the European skies.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The curves and whorls of the 3,000-pound bronze monument evoke billowing sails, crashing waves, and, more abstractly, two hands reaching toward each other.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2025
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The areas had large pieces of Middle and Late Iron Age pottery, as well as other cooking vessels and a spindle whorl.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Carefully driven to the front line by a remote operator seeing what the ’bot’s own front-facing camera sees, the UGV hooks the end of the coil onto existing wire—and then unspools the rest of the coil.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Induction stoves heat pans with magnetism rather than flames or an electric coil.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.—
Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
Noun
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Jackson's long hair was styled in soft curls by J Miles Salon.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Spring is here, which means hydration and moisture is the biggest trend, from sopping wet curls to sleek chignons and water waves.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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