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cantilever

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






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Over the next 70 years, nearly 50 giant cantilever cranes were built worldwide, with about half of them involving companies based in or near Glasgow.

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

The most important cantilever bridges so far erected or projected are as follows:— Fig.

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

Slender brick cladding underscores the pavilion’s long horizontal spans and extended cantilevers on either end.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2018

In this case the shore ends of the cantilevers are anchored to the abutments.

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

Glazed-earthenware cylinders with rounded tops support hefty forms on their sides that seem to be invisibly cantilevered from the central mass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Just after sundown, I arrived at the 602-room Fairmont Monte Carlo, cantilevered over the Mediterranean for superb sea views.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 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

Originally built to mark the millennium, the cantilevered observation wheel has become one of the capital's most popular tourist attractions and is the focus for London's annual new year fireworks displays.

From BBC Jan. 3, 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

It was nowhere to be seen at the Oscars, where Jennifer Lawrence’s black lace Dior gown was free of obvious cantilevering.

From The Guardian Nov. 1, 2016

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

From New York Times Oct. 15, 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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