edifice

Example Sentences

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Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

It’s why you have to have this edifice and why it needs to be worked on constantly.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 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

The Coast Guard decommissioned the St. George Reef Lighthouse in 1975, replacing the grand edifice with a floating, automated buoy light.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

During this era the entire edifice of segregation was profoundly shaken.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry