edifice

Example Sentences

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If programs pay even when the work isn’t done, the edifice collapses and programs lose their reason for being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 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

Littler is the beneficiary, but has added another story to the edifice.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Swiftly they drove their horses across a meadow, through shivering aspen groves until, sure enough, the small log edifice his grandfather called Bear Wallow cabin turned up.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols