The word edifice has appeared in 51 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 15 in “The Visionary Community of the Harlem Y.M.C.A.” by Sandra E. Garcia:
The most prominent building on West 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem is not an elaborate church or a stately apartment building but the 90-year-old Y.M.C.A. But despite its bulk, the edifice — with its brick facade, 14-story tower and tall sign with the letters “Y.M.C.A.” blazing in red neon each night — can be easy to overlook: It’s been a mainstay of the neighborhood for so long that its residents sometimes forget to notice it.
Daily Word Challenge
Can you correctly use the word edifice in a sentence?
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