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pyramid

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verb

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Recent Examples of pyramid
Noun
This is not building a pyramid without power tools. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 All such faculty lose, after having spent their final years before retirement at the top of the institutional income pyramid, is their paycheck and their power. Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 Something similar had happened to me before, at Coachella, with the pyramid stage. Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026 The English football pyramid, meanwhile, boasts Magpies and Swans, Robins and Owls, Canaries and Eagles. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 June 2026 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.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • Sentnor hopes to add a new layer to the team, making a difference on and off the field.
    Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • According to the bill, the state would have to produce an annual average salary report for the 20 local departments that Cal Fire is stacked against and make sure state firefighter pay is within 15% of that average.
    Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • The company is most known for its Digit humanoid robot built to help warehouse and manufacturing employees with repetitive tasks like lifting boxes, stacking totes and moving items from other mobile robots onto conveyor belts.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Policy and education leaders frequently pile more items on teachers’ plates without removing other items or giving teachers a larger plate.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Castle Rat have begun some preliminary planning and writing for their next album, piling up new riffs at jam sessions.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Wilderness Trail takes their time with everything, from using sweet mash (instead of the usual sour mash) to aging their whiskey in lower warehouse ricks for better flavor development.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.
    Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • Amid a wave of pitching injuries, Cabrera walked off the Wrigley Field mound with an athletic trainer Tuesday night, exiting his start against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to the worst team in the majors.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • When Phillips and his attorney failed to turn them over, the foundation subpoenaed the banks.
    Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Analyst Jack Lu and his team at the bank predict sodium-ion batteries will account for 20% of total battery deployment market share by 2030 and 37% in 2035.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 June 2026

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“Pyramid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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