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a theme park abundantly supplied with comfort stations
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Planned improvements include a new digital scoreboard, comfort station, playground, and basketball courts.
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The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
The church is both a comfort station and a crossroads.
—John Branch Tasneem Alsultan, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
Berns said the city was already considering moving the community gardens closer to Fairmount School, on the west end of the park, near a comfort station.
—cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
The outdoor comfort station — sheathed in wood that’s painted a pleasing celadon — is not far from the entrance to the 33-acre nature preserve.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
And that’s the only surviving Chicago comfort station besides Logan Square’s, though the Columbus Park structure has been dormant for decades.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
Sitting on the lawn the other night, with the projector throwing a bizarre procession of historical oddities on a pop-up screen, the presence of the comfort station building barely registered.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
Orion, at Orion Avenue and Strata Street, features two children’s play areas, a dog park, shaded picnic tables, lawn areas, plazas and a comfort station.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
The boat launch joins several recent Village Park upgrades like the Port Washington State Bank River Stage, a new playground, comfort station and entryway feature.
—Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2020
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The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
The church is both a comfort station and a crossroads.
—John Branch Tasneem Alsultan, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
Berns said the city was already considering moving the community gardens closer to Fairmount School, on the west end of the park, near a comfort station.
—cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
The outdoor comfort station — sheathed in wood that’s painted a pleasing celadon — is not far from the entrance to the 33-acre nature preserve.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
And that’s the only surviving Chicago comfort station besides Logan Square’s, though the Columbus Park structure has been dormant for decades.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
Sitting on the lawn the other night, with the projector throwing a bizarre procession of historical oddities on a pop-up screen, the presence of the comfort station building barely registered.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2021
Orion, at Orion Avenue and Strata Street, features two children’s play areas, a dog park, shaded picnic tables, lawn areas, plazas and a comfort station.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
The boat launch joins several recent Village Park upgrades like the Port Washington State Bank River Stage, a new playground, comfort station and entryway feature.
—Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1913, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of comfort station was
circa 1913
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“Comfort station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20station. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.
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