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cupola

[kyoo-puh-luh] / ˈkyu pə lə /
NOUN
dome
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The great painter replied: “Fill the cupola with gold . . . and that will still not be enough to pay its worth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It features an 11-foot square cupola with windows on each side, and the tip of that is reachable only by ladder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

On a post office, I saw a strip of asphalt shingles under a cupola that had a copper roof.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

He could see the cupola of Mrs. Cobb’s house, the glass reflecting the reddening sunset.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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