stanchion

as in pilaster
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure the stanchion of an arch

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Recent Examples of stanchion Dončić, now a Los Angeles Laker, flowed and feinted around Gobert, faking a shot and then, off balance, finally lobbing the ball over Gobert, who just stood there like a stanchion. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 4 May 2025 Image That was the case at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas in 1999, when American Airlines Flight 1420 smashed into stanchions holding lights that directed planes just off the runway. River Akira Davis, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Bahl, whose head hit a stanchion behind the net as a result of the hit, left the game. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2025 Six weeks after the Pacific disaster, a portion of railing or stateroom stanchion washed ashore. Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stanchion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanchion
Noun
  • 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
  • Looky-loo tourists with selfie sticks constantly stream past the white-on-white high-Victorian façade of pediments, pilasters, and cast iron.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Hogan, a pillar of the wrestling world for decades, died July 24.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
  • Similarly, on immigration, a central pillar of Trump's platform, approval dropped from 47 percent to 44 percent, while disapproval remained at 50 percent.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • In other news: Opinion: The bad decision to carry out two major transportation and utility projects simultaneously has roiled traffic in northeast Louisville, our Joe Gerth explains in his latest column.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Coming up this Sunday Free Press in my Food, Wine and Dine column is a guide to one of my favorite uses of summer tomatoes: sandwiches.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Music performances will be held at the Beach Bar, south of the pier.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
  • On busy days, when multiple ships are in port, overflow vessels may be directed to an alternate pier in the Ila district, roughly a 25-minute walk from the city center.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025

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“Stanchion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanchion. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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