- plural of column.
columns
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“Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century,” he wrote in one his frequent columns at the online magazine Slate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Instead of relying primarily on a series of large vertebrae connected by joints, their spinal columns contained a prominent structure called the notochord.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
And while reporters waited to question him on how he would govern when Democrats take control of Congress, Trump kept talking about how the ballroom's classical columns would dwarf those of the US Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Photos and video footage posted on social media showed columns of smoke rising into the sky over the Novokuibyshevsk refinery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Several times I had watched columns of prisoners of war being marched along the streets in Dresden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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