A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In this manner, the cantilevered base of the building need not carry any load beyond the first eight stories, a solution that would make the base lighter and cheaper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The 4,142-square-foot cantilevered post-and-beam structure, nestled in a woodsy hillside with canyon and coastline views, went on the market for $12 million in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
As the sun set on a cloudy evening in Times Square on Friday, a 65-foot-long frankfurter cantilevered into the sky and spewed out a blast of rainbow confetti.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
You are looking at the only cantilevered structure of its kind on earth.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
