scaffolding

Example Sentences

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As the game started, some fans could be seen climbing scaffolding attached to buildings.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

For decades, gaming subsidized artificial intelligence, forging the careers of today’s AI visionaries and providing the scaffolding for major AI breakthroughs.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

The new test is proceeding despite the recent death of a worker who reportedly fell from scaffolding at the Texas site.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Because when you strip away the scaffolding, when you set aside the tone and the length and the performance of rigor, what remains is not complicated at all.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The station building was heavily damaged, but there were workers atop scaffolding at the ceiling.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata