pillars

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A sheet of perforated metal sits at a jaunty angle atop a trio of differently sized pillars, while a T-shaped bar rests above it, defying gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

All five companies are pillars of the new economy—ones that have lasting value and staying power, even as the momentum inevitably fades from the broader chip trade.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

But if there were three pillars to the transformation, there is still a long way to go.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“We lost three pillars of our community,” the imam, or leader of the mosque, Taha Hassane, said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard—turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë