edifice
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Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
It’s why you have to have this edifice and why it needs to be worked on constantly.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
And then, the entire edifice crumbled as Baltimore became the focus and fall guy for one of the more infamous investigations of scientific misconduct in the last half of the 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
He wanted her to be permanent, an edifice whose piles touched the heart of the earth.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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