edifice
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Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
I took the elevator back down to street level and hopped a cab toward the strangely antique edifice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
And then, the entire edifice crumbled as Baltimore became the focus and fall guy for one of the more infamous investigations of scientific misconduct in the last half of the 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
The home kitchen is not a distribution center, and most container influencers lack the resources to absorb endless price increases without the whole edifice falling apart.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025
Hamilton's fiscal program was certainly a menacing shadow over the new federal edifice.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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