- present tense form of structure (3rd person singular).
structures
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The fire also destroyed two historic structures — Johnson’s Lee Equipment Shed and Wreck Line Camp Cabin — as well as a storage building and a wind shelter at Water Canyon Campground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The global infrastructure buildout is an opportunity to create more resilient and sustainable structures that can adapt to climate change, point out several advisors.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
These clusters attach to mitochondria, the structures often referred to as the "powerhouses" of cells, and interfere with their function.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Shafts of wheat, different varieties of grapes, and colorful baskets of figs, pomegranates and other fruit sit atop spires and other structures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Ed Lewis’s discovery of master-regulatory genes that controlled the development of segments, organs, and structures solved the problem of the final stage of embryogenesis, but it raised a seemingly infinite recursive conundrum.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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