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Recent Examples of column
Could two readers of this column compete for a Grass League title?
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The Animal Life column runs on Mondays.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
The statue was intended to be displayed between architectural columns, so the back would never be seen.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Revisit Alphonse Pierre’s column Vince Staples Turns Rap Stardom Anxieties Into Comedy on The Vince Staples Show.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Apr. 2026
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The Animal Life column runs on Mondays.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
The statue was intended to be displayed between architectural columns, so the back would never be seen.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Revisit Alphonse Pierre’s column Vince Staples Turns Rap Stardom Anxieties Into Comedy on The Vince Staples Show.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for column
Noun
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Either could be a key for Vance Joseph and defensive line coach Jamar Cain as soon as this fall or either could be insurance while veteran players chew up almost all of the snaps in Denver’s regular rotation.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Smart later saved a 3-point miss from James, and forced his way to the free-throw line for a pair on a second-chance attempt.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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And then this pilaster rising up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the end, Laffrey, whose Broadway credits include Maybe Happy Ending and Parade, settled for using an iPhone app to record the size of pilasters and mullioned mirrors.—
Carey Purcell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Virginia, another 50 GW of data center projects sit active in the queue.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Mystery on the Backlot experience bogged down as fans waited in massive queues for the Big Reveal finale that seemed to happen every 20 to 30 minutes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Downriver from the Shoshone Falls are the Pillar Falls, a low waterfall split by rock pillars.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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As their mutual competitiveness grows shockingly ugly, Niall learns to turn Ruben’s Samsonian strength and fury against him, knocking down the pillars of Ruben’s own life.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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After their Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Atletico Madrid — a title which had been the squad’s main objective — all that is left for Flick’s side now is to seemingly wait to be crowned champions of Spain for a second year in a row.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Wendy Naugle Tory Burch is known for her eponymous fashion line, which brings some of the hottest celebs to the front row during fashion week.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Robinson told the Pioneer Press that a similar crime pattern has been happening concurrently in the neighboring communities of Winnetka and Skokie, which reported a string of overnight car burglaries just last month.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, the past decade has seen a string of new-agey boutique hotels populating the seaside town’s western shores, signaling a new awakening for this slice of France’s western coastline.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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As recently as last week, Martinez declined to say whether anyone had been disciplined as a result of Patton’s death, citing state law that forbids the release of peace officer personnel files.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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While training Claude Mythos, a new, unreleased model, researchers asked it to delete a series of files but inadvertently failed to give it the proper tool to do so.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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