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cupola

[kyoo-puh-luh] / ˈkyu pə lə /
NOUN
dome
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“They are still in power. The cupola is intact. But they don’t sleep at night.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

On a post office, I saw a strip of asphalt shingles under a cupola that had a copper roof.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

Its three spectacular bedrooms, one in a former chapel under a cupola, is imagined, the hotel managers say, as a Roman refuge for Arab sheikhs, Harry and Meghan, and Hollywood royalty.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

He galloped back to the Seminary and climbed the cupola and gazed back to that southern road, but there was nothing there.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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