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pyramidal

[pi-ram-i-dl] / pɪˈræm ɪ dl /




ADJECTIVE
tapering
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This pyramidal dynamic partly explains the empire’s near-constant warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Boasting moulded architraves with pilasters and a truncated pyramidal roof topped with iron brattishing, the building's roof is now falling into dereliction.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

The metals dissolve the carbon gas, and the silicon appears to somehow help the carbon atoms bond to one another in diamond’s pyramidal arrangement.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024

The pyramidal view of the world that I grew up with — Man as the crown of creation, with all other animals, four-legged, feathered and scaled, ranked and devalued downward — has never made sense.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.

From "1984" by George Orwell


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