as in cathedral
a large, magnificent, or massive building
a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city
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Recent Examples of tower
Joel Rose, NPR, 6 June 2025
Other towers on this site have done the same for more than a millennia.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 6 June 2025
Forecasts for weak wind shear Hurricanes need towering cloud tops to build the heat machines that make the most powerful storms.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Noun
Walking into many of the nation's air traffic control towers is like stepping back in time.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 6 June 2025
Other towers on this site have done the same for more than a millennia.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
Having grown up boating on the four Great Lakes in Michigan—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—I’ve swum in water extending as far as the eye can see and explored dozens of shorelines full of sand, towering cliffs, or tall dunes.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 6 June 2025
Forecasts for weak wind shear Hurricanes need towering cloud tops to build the heat machines that make the most powerful storms.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
Noun
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Skeletal branches created a cathedral over the lonely vehicle where the 64-year-old man had breathed his last, the winter-gray river placid in the background behind a ramble of fences.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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On Wednesday, protesters blocked the international bridge connecting Reynosa and Pharr, Texas, later going to a local cathedral to pray and make offerings to the disappeared.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading: Oil stocks — Energy stocks climbed in premarket trading amid a jump in oil prices after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran without U.S. support, drawing concerns over the supply outlook from the oil-rich Persian Gulf.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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The family film is easily headed for a first-place finish at the June 13-15 box office with a projected debut of $75 million, although that number could climb higher based on preview grosses and first reactions.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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From Mary Queen of Scots to Oliver Cromwell and Sir Walter Raleigh, many famous Britons are indelibly linked the ancient edifice.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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The edifice of apartheid’s legal order crumbled in 1994.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Rooms The resort's 148 guest rooms and 40 suites ascend toward the ocean in different tiers on flourishing mountainsides.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Per the chart below, this would take NFLX past an ascending trendline starting from its December highs.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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In addition to Kate's quick reminder to her children, Prince George made sure to keep Prince Louis from getting too rambunctious on the palace balcony.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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Prince Louis is known for his cheeky, rebellious behavior on the palace balcony, which has won hearts over the years.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
Verb
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These are mounted on a plate attached to the front of the rover's body: the SHERLOC Calibration Target.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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The second set was just as much of an even tussle, the pair trading breaks in back-to-back games as the pressure started to mount on Alcaraz.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The growing complexity of today’s work environments through hybrid teams, agile structures and cross-functional decision making is driving the demand for a broader leadership lens.—
David Chiem,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Law enforcement members have searched the forested areas and dozens of structures that Decker was last known to be in, according to the Chelan County Sheriff's Office.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Filler can’t lift sagging skin or reposition deeper tissue; a facelift is a literal lifting, cutting, and repositioning.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
16 June 2025
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Hundreds of people showed up to the opening, which was the day after Portland lifted its indoor mask mandate, and in the middle of the N.C.A.A. tournament.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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