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
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Charged with advancing the needs of the entire state, the council periodically authorizes cell towers, trash plants, battery storage farms or solar facilities despite loud, angry — but very localized — opposition.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The space is expected to tower 60 feet tall, and over 750 cars will be able to park at the water park.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Comprising 96 condos, the development will sit atop the Detroit Edition hotel, which itself is found within the Hudson’s Detroit tower.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Charged with advancing the needs of the entire state, the council periodically authorizes cell towers, trash plants, battery storage farms or solar facilities despite loud, angry — but very localized — opposition.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
Put him next to Nelson or Valeri Nichushkin, and his teammates tower over him.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The space is expected to tower 60 feet tall, and over 750 cars will be able to park at the water park.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tower
Noun
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His high school gym was not the massive cathedrals built to serve the altars of Hoosier hysteria, but with 4,620 seats, the Greenfield Cougar Den is no slouch, either.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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The problem is those cathedrals couldn’t move.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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There was a blithe, mildly stoned look in everyone’s eyes, and most of the women were dressed like gnomes while all the men appeared ergonomically outfitted to climb a cliff face but were instead commuting to their office jobs.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Beckham climbed over a short barrier and spent a couple of minutes with fans who leaned down from the stands as the man who started all this 12 years ago signed autographs and posed for selfies.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The store, a block-long edifice along Commerce Street with an in-house Starbucks coffeehouse and a movie theater around the corner, drew shoppers to whom the retailer had imparted happy memories.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Leaning against the brick edifice of the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory on the cast-iron corridor of West Main is a massive 120-foot-high steel replica of Babe Ruth's original Louisville Slugger bat.—
Adam Sachs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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World’s fastest mini-sub According to reports, the submersible is able to ascend and descend in the water column at angles up to 45 degrees.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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The go-for-broke concept, which includes a high-tech heist, a high-speed truck chase and a massive explosion of Cheetos dust, shows the levels to which marketers must ascend to capture consumer attention in media venues that constantly offer new stimuli.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the palace, members of the royal family stood in the courtyard to greet Leo, the women dressed in black and with lace head coverings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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The ice palace on the mountain turned blue.—
Thomas Adamson,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Making education accessible for teenage mothers is a challenge in Kenya and a mounting task for a country with a fast-growing young population.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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The leader of the historic church in Downtown Dallas, Senior Pastor Robert Jeffress, vowed to rebuild the iconic structure.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Architecture like this, which reveals its structure while producing its effects, can make a museum feel slightly more humane.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Severino struggled with his control, walking five and throwing just 49 of his 91 pitches for strikes before he was lifted after 3 1/3 innings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Trump has also made statements that lifted markets, only to see the gains quickly disappear after increasing his military threats.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tower. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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