nave
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Outright splendor gives way to bold-faced promotion in an annex gallery, housed in MAD’s grand, soaring nave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
For example, archaeologist Cédric Moulis of the University of Lorraine painstakingly reassembled dozens of wedge-shaped stones called voussoirs recovered from the collapsed vaulted ceiling over the nave to glean insights into their mechanical properties.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024
More than 6,000 tonnes of steel were used to build the nave.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Born in New York City into an observant Jewish family, he owns a small timber framing business in rural New England and admits that until recently he didn’t even know what a nave was.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The pastor's anteroom, behind the nave of the sanctuary, is both cool and stuffy.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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