edifice

Example Sentences

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Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

I took the elevator back down to street level and hopped a cab toward the strangely antique edifice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The Coast Guard decommissioned the St. George Reef Lighthouse in 1975, replacing the grand edifice with a floating, automated buoy light.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 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

Every day the remarkable edifice served as a monument to her profound change in circumstances.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead