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arch

[ahrch] / ɑrtʃ /


NOUN
curve, curved structure
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We can see Houghton’s play in these moments, but then Alloway’s cheeky pop sensibility intervenes, the arch artificiality and ironic tone draining the emotional impact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The museum suffered damage, its windows were blown out, but the explosion did not reach the necropolis nor the Roman-era triumphal arch, aqueducts and hippodrome that are also part of the site.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The primary feature of the performance stage is a giant LED screen that resembles an arch with an opening the frames the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

The $9 Big Arch is more likely to prompt an arch of the eyebrow—a decidedly nongolden arch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Under the arch stood my father and mother.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell