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architecture

[ahr-ki-tek-cher] / ˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər /
NOUN
design of buildings
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NOUN
design, structure of something
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The harder reality is this: The sanctions architecture the U.S. spent decades building assumed financial isolation as a precondition for leverage.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

The fund said it is pulling back on some large investments including Neom—the planned desert city where megasize aspirations and sci-fi architecture led to extraordinary costs—and pinning hopes on outside investment for other ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

With the 1997 opening of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums’ identities began to be increasingly bound up with new architecture rather than their collections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This nylon Maxi Petticoat from the spring/summer 2026 collection, with its asymmetrical hemline and voluminous fit, is a kind of architecture, a way to build yourself into the world around you.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Lin was now in her final semester at Yale, studying architecture.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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