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pediment

[ped-uh-muhnt] / ˈpɛd ə mənt /




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But many of his projects are again succumbing to time, with chunks of pediment falling to the sidewalk.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Her casket will be carried up the steps in front of the court, passing under the iconic words engraved on the pediment, “Equal Justice Under Law,” and placed in the court’s Great Hall.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2023

Unfortunately for the cause of intelligent discourse, his statement was erected upon a pediment of lies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2023

Well, I knew that the Parthenon has a pediment, but I didn’t know that’s what the decorative molding atop a doorway — even a doorway in a suburban Colonial — is called.

From Washington Post Sep. 12, 2021

Perhaps it was the style of column, or the pediment, or the proportions of the windows.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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