superstructure

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Photos shared by the Royal Thai Navy showed heavy black smoke billowing from the hull and superstructure of the Thai-registered Mayuree Naree, with life rafts floating in the water.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The race to dominate artificial intelligence has created a financial superstructure of eye-watering corporate valuations, massive capital-expenditure plans, risky Wall Street trades and convoluted debt deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Butler said they believe the vehicles with the other victims are “encased in the superstructure and concrete that we tragically saw come down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Within minutes, the ship slammed into a pillar holding up the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its superstructure to tumble into the Patapsco River.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2024

In these cases, race had been an embellishment, a façade tacked onto a superstructure of class.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson