as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range

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Recent Examples of spired Its terra-cotta walls and spired boxwoods signal the style instantly, and inside are huge arched wooden doors and bespoke kitchen tiling. Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world. Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024 Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters. Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise. Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023 The single-spired, single-story, 25,000-square-foot edifice will be New Mexico’s second temple. David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022 Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022 The single-spired, single-story, 19,000-square-foot temple will be the fifth in Argentina, home to more than 470,000 members. David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022 The double-spired, three-story, 81,000-square-foot structure is one of 28 existing or planned temples in Utah (seven of them in Utah County). David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
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  • Sources have also said that Butler is frustrated with his role in the Heat’s offense this season and was caught off guard by Riley’s pointed public comments this past offseason.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Some took that remark as an innocent allusion to her job promoting fresh produce; others saw it as a pointed comment on a longtime epithet for gay men.
    Anita Gates, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • In Britain, worries over the country’s borrowing needs contributed to a sharp sell-off in the nation’s government bonds, known as gilts, with the yield on the 10-year note rising 0.24 percentage points, on course for its biggest one-week move in a year.
    Joe Rennison, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The design cues of the hands, hour markers, and even lugs are Vacheron design at their best, with sharp, crisp lines.
    Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Meanwhile, Yoon’s guards have increased security at his Seoul residential compound with barbed wire installations and bus barricades.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The fence angered local ranchers and outdoor enthusiasts, who gathered in the forest in late October to tear down the Free Land Holders’ fence posts and barbed wire.
    Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Spired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spired. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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