octagonal

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Original plans called for an octagonal building with a grand piano.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

There’s dark woodwork, octagonal pillars, curlicues of ironwork in the old-fashioned windows, carved details of garlands and flowers and urns.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Some of the findings are "unique" for South America, he explains, pointing to the octagonal and rectangular platforms arranged together.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

In the decades following the publication of “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” octagonal homes “broke out in New York State like a rash,” as an article in this newspaper put it.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2023

There was a shadow moving across the floor, or that part of it he could see beyond the end of the sofa and past the legs of the little octagonal table.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman