edifice
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If programs pay even when the work isn’t done, the edifice collapses and programs lose their reason for being.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Thick layers of sediment rich in organic material lie beneath the volcanic edifice.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 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
Littler is the beneficiary, but has added another story to the edifice.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025
Not only was he a member of the hated Ferme Générale, but he had enthusiastically built the wall that enclosed Paris–an edifice so loathed that it was the first thing attacked by the rebellious citizens.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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