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as in foot
a bottom part upon which something rests or is supported
The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case. The entrance to the ruined temple was flanked by columns, some of which had fallen from their pedestals.
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as in throne
the position of someone who is treated or regarded as extraordinarily good, successful, etc.
There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal. The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal.
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Recent Examples of pedestal
Others climbed a spiral staircase along the pedestal that supports the instrument.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Then peruse her finds which include everything from Florida Highwaymen art, to Peter Kiel paintings, to marble pedestals.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Christmas dinner may conjure visions of a table with a turkey platter, bowls brimming with sides like mashed potatoes, and a coconut cake on a pedestal.
—Yolande Clark-Jackson, Parents, 23 Dec. 2025
They were fragmented and partly quarried away, with their pedestals dispersed.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedestal
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Collections and designers put their best foot forward, delivering high-caliber collections — some were uplifting, others were thought-provoking, most were both.—
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Hard day for software Microsoft was beat up from the feet up , losing about 10% on Thursday.—
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The couple's baby will be the first great-grandchild for Princess Alexandra, 89, and the child is poised to enter the line of succession to the British throne.—
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The royal is 61st in line to the British throne and a second cousin once removed of King Charles III.—
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But try extending that same indulgence to Olympic podiums and the Nobel Banquet Hall — in those arenas, the margins are razor-thin, and mastery demands long marination.—
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Omar was hosting a town hall event in North Minneapolis on Tuesday evening when a man in a black jacket rushed toward the podium and sprayed her with a liquid.—
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At the top, very little stays hidden.—
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JPMorgan downgraded Southern Copper to sell from hold, calling the top in the stock relative to the price of copper.—
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The platform acts as a firewall for the schools, Simpkins said.—
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At his insistence, much of his music was removed from the platform for several months beginning in 2015 because of his concerns about audio quality.—
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And keep your in-flight essentials like headphones, sleep mask, e-reader, and other tech tools together in your personal item that stays with you at the seat rather than in the overhead bin.—
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The video shows a man call security on a group of women sitting behind him in orchestra seats at the Winter Garden Theatre.—
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An additional 200 on-call contractors have been notified to be on stand-by for potential deployment to support DOT crews.—
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It’s being said Texas — a university, mind you — will have a $40 million NIL payroll, which means this is Steve Sarkisian’s last stand.—
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Their rosters almost all include a stable foundation of offensive weapons.—
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Using cranes, they will be stacked on the prepared foundation and assembled into an apartment complex that, once wrapped with a facade and landscaped, looks like any other, Peinemann said.—
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“Pedestal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedestal. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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