octagonal

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

The bronze sword with an octagonal hilt was found in a grave in the southern town of Nördlingen.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

The sword, featuring a distinct octagonal hilt, was so well-preserved by the elements in the millennia since it was buried that it still has a shine and sheen.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Wong especially taps the tension behind Amy’s exquisite octagonal glasses, the pressure to provide and be perfect — she’s like Rachel Fleishman with a gun instead of yoga.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Zizmo drives through the gloom, past the octagonal gazebos and the monument of the Civil War Hero, and into the woods where the Ottawa once held their summer camp.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides