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pillars

  • plural
    of pillar.
    pillar
    noun
    an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument.

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Business investment is one of the two main pillars of U.S. economic growth — consumer spending is the other.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

And even in a conservative state like North Dakota, where I live, socialist, or interdependent, arrangements are seen as pillars of the community.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

They’ve put in place the pillars for their future, though they do still happen to have a LeBron-sized hole at forward that isn’t going to be filled by LeBron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

"I've got three pillars of the M4 in my back garden, I use one to help hang my washing line up," said Narelle.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

João de Barros was able to claim in 1555 that Hercules’ pillars, ‘which he set up at our very doorstep, as it were,...have been effaced from human memory and thrust into silence and oblivion’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton