flagstaff
noun
flagstaff
1 American
[flag-staf, -stahf]
/ ˈflægˌstæf, -ˌstɑf /
noun
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flagstaves,
plural
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flagstaffs
plural
Flagstaff
2
American
[flag-staf, -stahf]
/ ˈflægˌstæf, -ˌstɑf /
noun
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We say: Give it to me straight, doc, but then a flagstaff comes crashing down between our eyes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
In his design, the sleeve was supported by a collapsible crossbar attached to the flagstaff.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2014
Mr. Kinzler was charged with designing a moonworthy flagstaff.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2014
He would win by the length of a street, and a blue and white flag would go fluttering up the flagstaff and everybody would stand to attention while the band played the Finnish national anthem.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
There was a flagstaff there, so that Dr. Bentley could run up signals.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
The engineers of a young company, Katalyst Space Technologies, from Flagstaff, Arizona, were given the task of saving the observatory.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Spencer Timmons, a 21-year-old University of California, Los Angeles student, said he is now planning a drive to Flagstaff, Ariz., this summer rather than shorter trips around Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The DuBeau in Flagstaff, Ariz., once a Green Book listing, now operates as a motel.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Carmen Alvarez, collections and conservation manager at the palace, said the "fascinating" trail would show people the Flagstaff Gate, Great Court and Long Library, so they could see how the women took part in counter-espionage.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
One nice touch about Christy’s discovery was that it happened in Flagstaff, for it was there in 1930 that Pluto had been found in the first place.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
When displayed at the same location on separate poles, the code says, they “should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height” and “the flags should be of approximately equal size.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Mitchel Square in Washington Heights is named for him, and the two commemorative flagstaffs in the plaza in front of the main public library on Fifth Avenue memorialize Mitchel.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2011
On the waterfront of Bilbao last week, city flags still hung from flagstaffs flaunting the city's 700-year motto: INVINCIBLE.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week from the flagstaffs of these pampered potentates fluttered the crimson & gold of Bikaner, the blue, white & yellow of Bahawalpur, the scarlet of Patiala.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Municipality had erected at the entrance to the Avenue lofty flagstaffs decorated with shields bearing the titles of his works, and supporting a large drapery inscribed '1802, Victor Hugo, 1881.'
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
Over the altar are still seen the French flagstaves, taken by the garrison in a desperate sally.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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