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pedestal

noun as in support for something

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The monuments are astonishing to see, if only because one typically encounters them as an outdoor drive-by, raised high on tall pedestals that lift them 10, 30, even 50 feet in the air.

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Ms Hill-Uekawa adds that she shouldn't be put on a pedestal simply because she is a woman.

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Ngo doesn’t put aesthetics on a pedestal the way I do.

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A 25-foot inflatable psychedelic bear driving a convertible has been commissioned for the pedestal outside of the Hammer Museum as part of Made in L.A.

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The tires of his car are splayed out and he appears to be about to careen off his corner pedestal straight into traffic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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