FLYING BUTTRESS Synonyms: 13 Similar Words

flying buttress

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as in buttress

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Recent Examples of flying buttress The console takes a page from Corvette with a flying buttress separating driver from passenger — doubling as an Oh, Crap! — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022 An aerodynamic channel in the rear pillar creates a flying buttress, while the roof is painted black. — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021 Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually. — Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020 The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks. — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for flying buttress

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Noun

With their swollen, flaring buttresses and soaring heights of 80 feet or more, the trees are awe-inspiring when reflected in the dark water.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Mahama stressed the need for African governments to cut waste and improve governance as a buttress against increasingly frequent international shocks because a return to the old system of global support is very unlikely.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 5 June 2026

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Noun

It is said that touching the polished engravings of the event placed at the pedestal of the Nepomuk statue will bring luck and ensure a return to Prague.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
That’s a rapid journey that can come with pitfalls – many young stars have been put on a pedestal and failed to deliver on that promise.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

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An analyst at crypto research firm Artemis earlier this year published a detailed breakdown of how Hyperliquid Strategies has so far been able to thread this needle.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
The execution team worked for an hour to administer the lethal drugs, said Pike's defense lawyer Randy Spivey, who counted at least seven needles in her left arm.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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