pillars

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Chief Executive Vikesh Ramsunder said at the time that international expansion is one of Sigma’s four key strategic growth pillars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

As Bhattacharyya puts it, the party rested on two pillars: "Mamata's brand value and governmental resources."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Mecca, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symbolising the devil.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“We lost three pillars of our community,” the imam, or leader of the mosque, Taha Hassane, said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

It was dim and dark and the pillars went high up, and there were people praying, and it smelt of incense, and there were some wonderful big windows.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway