load-bearing
Americanadjective
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Vocabulary lists containing load-bearing
Structural Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Two load-bearing columns of a 37-story tower currently under construction, located near Grand Central Terminal, warped and several floors sagged on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
This includes an extensive £912,000 program to repair structural defects to Kensington Palace, including to strengthen load-bearing portico columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As he writes in “Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy,” “Christianity is a load-bearing wall; its failure places dangerous stress on democratic institutions.”
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Eventually, it became the load-bearing sector of the whole market.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
Richard was the son of a blacksmith, but he had no interest in designing load-bearing machines such as watermills or windmills.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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