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cantilever

[kan-tl-ee-ver, -ev-er] / ˈkæn tlˌi vər, -ˌɛv ər /






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I love this house at 10 o’clock because of the cantilever and the shadows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Over the next 70 years, nearly 50 giant cantilever cranes were built worldwide, with about half of them involving companies based in or near Glasgow.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

When the cantilever is placed on one of the nanoparticles, a current is passed through its tip to measure the conductivity.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024

Columns sway back and forth, like a cantilever swing, creating ample space for large groups to walk through.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

In connexion with this last route mention should be made of the cantilever bridge crossing the Falls of Lora with a span of 500 ft. at a height of 125 ft. above the water-way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Filled with surprising patios, alleys and landings, it’s one of his forays into postmodernism: brightly colored buildings contain, among other features, gabled brick rooflines, extra-bulky columns, long cantilevers and cylindrical steel elevators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Rapidly-sinking rays streaming through the gaps of the cantilevers onto the pitch.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

Where the top level extends cantilevers out to create a covered porch, it is supported by a pair of tree trunks that Austin’s builder, Kaplan Homes, found washed up on the beach.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

A triangular overhang cantilevers above the mahogany front door.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022

The middle girders are 120 ft. in length and attached to the cantilevers by links.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Glazed-earthenware cylinders with rounded tops support hefty forms on their sides that seem to be invisibly cantilevered from the central mass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

It shows the home at night, with two young women sitting inside in a cantilevered corner, its floor-to-ceiling windows revealing the lights of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

As the sun set on a cloudy evening in Times Square on Friday, a 65-foot-long frankfurter cantilevered into the sky and spewed out a blast of rainbow confetti.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2024

You are looking at the only cantilevered structure of its kind on earth.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

That could include tunneling, cantilevering lanes or other ideas the private sector might suggest to limit Beltway widening, he said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2019

Museum and designer retreated from the idea of cantilevering a wing over the principal tar pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

It was nowhere to be seen at the Oscars, where Jennifer Lawrence’s black lace Dior gown was free of obvious cantilevering.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016

“Now we’re cantilevering the stairs from top to bottom.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011

It's a taxidermist's dream, with massive forelegs and a rack that should need cantilevering.

From Time Magazine Archive


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