- plural of pillar.
pillars
Example Sentences
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His original zero-based budgeting message had pillars like “give every dollar a job,” and was outlined in 2017’s “You Need a Budget,” a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Chinese leaders also pledged to pursue breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies, support future industries and foster emerging sectors that could become pillars of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
One side of the terraced row of houses on Llewellyn Street was demolished and replaced by the motorway, leaving the remaining side staring at either a huge concrete embankment or pillars propping up the M4.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Dad pulled his sketchbook out of his Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag—Dad was never far from his sketchbook—and stepped off the wooden planks onto the gravel to sketch the nearest row of broken pillars.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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