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columns

NOUN

line, procession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

file list

STRONG

cavalcade company platoon queue rank row string train

NOUN

pillar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

monument

STRONG

brace buttress caryatid colonnade cylinder mast minaret monolith obelisk pedestal peristyle pier pilaster post prop pylon shaft standard stay stele support totem tower upright

WEAK

underpinning

Example Sentences

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For crucial scenes portraying the palace hallway in Egypt, where Moses talks to the Pharaoh, they built cardboard boxes as the columns in the palace, and “reskinned” them with intricate carvings using AI.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I have extolled the virtues of both of these lessons in my columns over the years.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The Times’ eight top-10 finishes included the categories print portfolio, digital, event coverage, special sections, investigative, national beat writing, columns and short feature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Behind stand the columns, echoed in vertical majesty by the thick tree trunks rising behind them on the other side of the park wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë