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Recent Examples of embrasure
One room holds an embrasure, complete with a cannon, for those who can’t make the 2.5-mile round-trip hike to the fort itself.
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Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.
—William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.
—William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embrasure
Noun
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Use that old toothbrush for scrubbing tight corners, grout, and other indents or details.—
Bridget Reed Morawski,
Architectural Digest,
14 Jan. 2025
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The presence of an indent represented a 1, while the absence of an indent represented a 0.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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View 1 Images Cuneiform, the world's oldest form of writing, involved making indentations in clay tablets.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2024
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Cover and let rise until noticeably puffy and when the dough is pressed with a lightly floured finger, a small indentation remains, about 45 minutes.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Over a quarter of U.S. renters spend more than half of their income on housing, census data shows.—
Sami Sparber,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
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So Frank started building up housing groups on Facebook, many of them women-only.—
Violet Piper,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are simply not enough possible discretionary, non-defense domestic spending cuts to make a dent in the debt.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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If the label was truly out to torpedo Drake’s career to gain a negotiation advantage, those percentage drops don’t seem significant enough to make a dent.—
Bill Hochberg,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Although some of them are desperately hanging on to life, trapped in cubicles and still trying to pay off their grad-school loans, lots of millennials are now retired or expired.—
Alex Baia,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Many offices in the C.I.A. are warrens of cubicles or have clusters of desks for assistants.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The elaborate shrines of Shiva and Vishnu — two of the main deities in Hinduism — were built based on 10th- and 12th-century Indian architecture and sit symmetrically across from one another at the entrance of the temple.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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The 47-year-old is general manager of the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, the rodeo ring next to the San Gabriel River that has been a shrine to Mexican horse culture for decades.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Unlike the definition of indenture servitude, in which someone works for a single employer without pay, visa holders may change employers and are paid.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
28 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of his original indenture of trust, Mr. Duke established four giving priorities — child and family well-being, health care, higher education and rural United Methodist churches and communities.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Embrasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrasure. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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