edifice
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The 94-year-old edifice, looming majestically over Boyle Heights, stopped taking patients nearly two decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
And their home stadium, a gleaming, 62,000-seat edifice opened in 2019, was a cash cow built to welcome NFL games, heavyweight prize fights, and Bad Bunny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
The weakness in the grand edifice of American constitutionalism is that it depends on the determination, in every generation, of those in positions of authority to uphold it.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025
During this era the entire edifice of segregation was profoundly shaken.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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