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Recent Examples of stilt
Perched atop hillsides or stilts, fire lookout towers are still effective at alerting officials of a potential blaze.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this grouping of about 40 homes on stilts was built in the mid-1800s using wood that washed up on shore from shipwrecks.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
While exposing the larvae to playback of recordings from the healthy nearby Tektite Reef, the researchers measured how many larvae settled onto a ceramic stilt within the cup during the first 24 hours.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Elsa Lanchester earned her place in film history with no dialogue and only three minutes of screen time as the beast's eponymous Bride, a performance that was influenced by Lanchester's negative observations of swans and made all the more bizarre by her stiff hairdo and foot-and-a-half tall stilts.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this grouping of about 40 homes on stilts was built in the mid-1800s using wood that washed up on shore from shipwrecks.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
While exposing the larvae to playback of recordings from the healthy nearby Tektite Reef, the researchers measured how many larvae settled onto a ceramic stilt within the cup during the first 24 hours.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Elsa Lanchester earned her place in film history with no dialogue and only three minutes of screen time as the beast's eponymous Bride, a performance that was influenced by Lanchester's negative observations of swans and made all the more bizarre by her stiff hairdo and foot-and-a-half tall stilts.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
Noun
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This elevated laptop stand will be a welcome addition to your mother’s home office.—
Sarah Madaus,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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With Trump‘s first 100 days back in office, George Clooney has faced his share of criticism over his previous stand against Biden.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Altogether, these trusses weigh about 22,000 tons, equivalent to three Eiffel Towers.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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Bright blue and yellow, the school colors, appear throughout the building, including on the top-floor structural trusses.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The first four episodes strut onto the streamer on August 6, and the last four land on September 3.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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This album was my strut back into society after a hard 2020 & 2021.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Boxer Punch on Every Curve | The all-new BMW R 1300 R To that end, it's got sporty streetfighter ergonomics, with the rider leaning forward a fair bit to reach the flat handlebar and slightly rear-set foot pegs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
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The World Bank’s 2024 Global Investment Framework for Nutrition pegs the shortfall at $128 billion over the next decade, or roughly $13 billion annually, to scale up nutrition interventions.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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