pillar
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In a victim impact statement, his daughter Rebecca Powles described him as the "absolute pillar of our family", adding: "He had so many friends and was loved by absolutely everyone who knew him."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The center is also a founding pillar of the new Vanderbilt Institute for Therapeutic Advances, a next-generation drug discovery institute that is also led by Lindsley.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Chief Financial Officer Anat Ashkenazi amped up the unease by making ominous noises about how long cash flow—long a pillar of strength for what had been asset-light, high-margin internet giants—would remain under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
SK hynix is a specialist supplier of high-bandwidth memory chips to US industry behemoth Nvidia, and a pillar of South Korea's tech-led economy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was the second pillar of Blue Team’s aura of invincibility.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
She rode camels in Egypt, cruised the Nile River and hugged the pillars at Stonehenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Serú Girán and Texas Tornados are probably the twin pillars, but beyond that?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Business investment is one of the two main pillars of U.S. economic growth — consumer spending is the other.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
And even in a conservative state like North Dakota, where I live, socialist, or interdependent, arrangements are seen as pillars of the community.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
A porch with tall, massive pillars looms ahead.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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