playground

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Recent Examples of playground When no planes are landing, the runway is used by locals as a playground for all kinds of activities from rugby to soccer. Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025 The apartment complex includes a fitness center with a children’s section, an outdoor pool, outdoor spaces, a playground, and a media room with arcade games and two TVs. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025 Families lived in fear, avoiding swimming pools, playgrounds, and other public places, unsure of where the invisible menace might strike next. Gerald Joyce, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025 They were found in the park's playground and on a lawn. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for playground
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
Noun
  • California has long been a hotbed of Fortune 500 companies and diverse industries from agriculture to manufacturing and film.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Also, according to the Bishop Consulting 2024 Automated Driving Industry Trends Report – Trucks, other side of the Pacific is the hotbed of truck platooning.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The big picture: Over the next six months, Movieland will roll out bigger chairs, bigger screens, an in-house playland and enhanced dining options, the theater announced this week.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Think of it as a private playland: There’s a flotilla of water toys, including e-foils and a captained, 42-foot yacht on call, plus a concierge ready to wrangle a tee time at the Arnold Palmer Ocean Course next door.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Noun
  • Learn how to obtain bees, the best time to order them, and how to install them in your hive.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Symptoms of a food allergy can include skin issues such as hives and rashes or gastrointestinal problems such as vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2025
  • Are there seaweed hot spots in Miami? While Florida might see blooms of seaweed this season, that doesn’t mean all beaches will be full of it through October.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Colorado went just 13-12 over two seasons with Sanders under center, and failed to win a bowl game or compete for a conference title.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The 2025 season maybe a redshirt season in the pros for him, but there is intriguing upside as a long-term option at center.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These are all executives marketing their products, obviously, but is there even a kernel of possibility in these predictions?
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Realizing that person flat out fell for all the affection and the little kernels of probably very true and mutual love.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The company also raised guidance on its capital expenditures for the year, expecting to spend between $64 billion to $72 billion.
    James Powel, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • Representing a milestone in South American TV and politics, the screening of Lara: The Man Who Tried To Save Colombia in the capital Bogotá is a commemoration of the 41st anniversary of Lara’s assassination.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These include plans for a Trump tower in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh and major hub Jeddah, real estate projects in Oman and further expansion in Abu Dhabi.
    Federico Maccioni, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The couple is visiting a community hub and an artisan market to meet some of the island’s creators.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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