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perches

NOUN

object placed high for sitting on

Synonyms

STRONG

branch lounge pole post roost seat

WEAK

landing place resting place

VERB

sit atop of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alight squat touch down

STRONG

balance land light rest roost settle

WEAK

set down sit on

Antonyms

STRONG

move

WEAK

lower

Example Sentences

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From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

It perches high on a crag overlooking Damascus, designed as an ever-visible reminder for the city's citizens of the all-seeing power of the Assads.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Questions remain whether this is The Bench, for the three interchangeable perches were treated equally as they were carted about.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

They each had their own resting perches and each had a little shelter in a tree cavity to which they would fly when the day was over.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George