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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

Art and adventurous architecture do not an easy marriage make.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I lived part of my teen years in Brasília, the capital built from scratch whose architecture and urban planning have drawn equal parts fascination and disdain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“Careful restorations have maintained the historical architecture, while elevating the property to a level of epic glamour with all the modern luxuries of today,” adds the listing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Thus Neolithic Europe never reached the level of social organization that produced the masonry architecture of Jericho or the dense urban community of Çatal Hüyük.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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