scaffolding

Example Sentences

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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

In the arena, I wouldn’t have gone under the stage to scoot around the scaffolding or noticed when someone in the second balcony missed the first half of “Skinny” because they were in the bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Consumers have been holding up surprisingly well despite extra costs during the Iran war, “but the scaffolding is showing cracks,” according to Bob Schwartz, senior economist at Oxford Economics.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Beijing spent years building the scaffolding for a petroyuan system at enormous diplomatic and financial cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In the distance, I could hear the sound of rending metal as several trailer stacks began to collapse, ripping free of their scaffolding and crashing against one another like massive dominoes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline