pillar
Example Sentences
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Market Update Cresset External link Feb. 19: The U.S. economy sits atop two increasingly narrow pillars.
From Barron's
“My story is endless; it never repeats itself,” he says toward the end of the program, framed by ancient pillars in the Valley of the Kings.
"But the deadlock of a single pillar should not jeopardise the entire future of this high-tech European capability which will bolster our collective defence," he said.
From Barron's
Defense is one of Carney’s four pillars of sovereignty, along with food, energy and finance.
From MarketWatch
What was once a Depression-era stopgap, then a wartime necessity, has become a pillar of the moviegoing experience and the film business itself.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
