tentpoles
- plural of tentpole.
Example Sentences
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The latter will serve as one of the spiritual tentpoles of the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
These events will remain the game's "tentpoles", to use the latest corporate vernacular.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
His 17-year tenure also saw the addition of four franchises, labor peace and a variety of structural changes that have since emerged as tentpoles of the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
The Boravia-Jarhanpur conflict is one of the movie’s narrative tentpoles, and Gunn returns to it later in the film with startling impact.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
Then said the Caliph, "Of what part of this camp art thou?"; and she replied, "Of its middle in dwelling and of its highest in tentpoles."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
