pillar

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

Xi has made the fight against corruption a central pillar of his rule, calling it the "biggest threat" to the Communist Party and saying that the battle "remains grave and complex".

From BBC

Ancient Greek amphitheaters may fall into ruins, but Greek tragedies—the few that survived the vicissitudes of history—have remained sturdy pillars of theater.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tourists still took pictures next to stone pillars and on the ancient-looking steps.

From Literature