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cantilever

[kan-tl-ee-ver, -ev-er] / ˈkæn tlˌi vər, -ˌɛv ər /






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The four giant cantilever cranes beside the River Clyde are iconic structures.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

When the cantilever is placed on one of the nanoparticles, a current is passed through its tip to measure the conductivity.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024

Columns sway back and forth, like a cantilever swing, creating ample space for large groups to walk through.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

She points out the ways in which the river’s embankments could be reimagined: with garden-covered steps or with a cantilever boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022

In long-span bridges the cantilever system permits erection by building out, which is economical and sometimes necessary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Rapidly-sinking rays streaming through the gaps of the cantilevers onto the pitch.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

Where the top level extends cantilevers out to create a covered porch, it is supported by a pair of tree trunks that Austin’s builder, Kaplan Homes, found washed up on the beach.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

Saarinen’s concrete structure, with its soaring, winglike vaulted roof, its huge fields of glass, and its thrilling interior curves, cantilevers and airy mezzanines, is one of the great buildings of the past century.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019

Two of the newest towers erected in recent years are CetraRuddy’s 621-foot-tall One Madison, a vertical line of stacking cubes, and KPF’s 777-foot-tall 45 East 22nd Street, which cantilevers over an adjacent building.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2017

The middle girders are 120 ft. in length and attached to the cantilevers by links.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Its essence was its array of cantilevered terraces, set at right angles to one another and projecting deep out into space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

It shows the home at night, with two young women sitting inside in a cantilevered corner, its floor-to-ceiling windows revealing the lights of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

As the sun set on a cloudy evening in Times Square on Friday, a 65-foot-long frankfurter cantilevered into the sky and spewed out a blast of rainbow confetti.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2024

You are looking at the only cantilevered structure of its kind on earth.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Atop it was her sewing machine, jars of buttons, a wooden box that unfolded, cantilevering out to reveal spools of thread.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021

Museum and designer retreated from the idea of cantilevering a wing over the principal tar pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

“Now we’re cantilevering the stairs from top to bottom.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011

He was creative from the time he was cantilevering building blocks.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2011

It's a taxidermist's dream, with massive forelegs and a rack that should need cantilevering.

From Time Magazine Archive




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