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pyramid

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Recent Examples of pyramid
Noun
Spikes are consistently seen, particularly in the English Football League (EFL, tiers two to four in the men’s footballing pyramid), as supporters seek a football fix over the holiday period. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 18 June 2025 It’s located in the middle of the Nevada desert, inside a full-scale recreation of an Egyptian pyramid. Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025 The phrase describes a pyramid structure where a handful of rainmakers at the top bring in clients and hand over the bulk of the work to a second tier of senior lawyers, who in turn oversee a larger pool of associates. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 June 2025 They were considered in terms of letters (‘WM’) or shapes (the pyramid). Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pyramid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyramid
Noun
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025
  • That means co-creating solutions that support both physical and mental wellness, prioritizing behavioral change over short-term fixes and embedding purpose, progress and connection into every layer of care.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • The guest list is stacked this go round, with appearances from Lil Baby, Rick Ross, Lil Yachty, Ray J, Saucy Santana, Bob Menery, Sway Calloway, and Chocolate Droppa.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 22 July 2025
  • When the team stacked these images together, the high-resolution result revealed Betelgeuse’s companion.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The Red Sox made their bed last month when Devers was shipped to the Giants.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
  • The populations at the different homes vary depending on the season, the report says, with the average occupancy taking up about 70% of the beds in the state.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The family piled into their 2008 Honda Odyssey for a 10-hour drive to a Christian summer camp in the Ozarks that the three children had attended for eight summers.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Ground your garden’s corners with focal plants—shrubs, mounding perennials, or trios of smaller annuals.
    Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
  • Could Shohei Ohtani return to mound before the All-Star break?
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • This change made bank reserves held at the Fed essentially interchangeable with short-term government debt.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • But the banks have set the tone, and the pastiche that closed out the week all came in very strong.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 July 2025

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“Pyramid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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