porticoed
Americanadjective
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Max Mara gave Milan Fashion Week its physical bearings, with a runway show around the porticoed courtyard of the Brera Painting Gallery, safe from threatening skies.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2020
As news of their school’s enrollment scandal seeped into the city Friday, Ellington students walked to and from the porticoed entrance north of Georgetown or clustered on the sprawling front lawn.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2018
It is lined with elegant porticoed 19th Century houses and foreign embassies clustered around a shared garden, a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2016
Lincoln sells, so signs bearing his name lure tourists from a nearby interstate highway to the porticoed capitol building where he served.
From Economist ● Dec. 19, 2012
I recognized the long porticoed building because Mrs. Kuen’s church and school rented out space on the second floor.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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