: the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake
variant spelling of player sense f
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Susan Karlin, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2013
Once a year, thousands of people flock to the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert and set up camp in Black Rock City, a temporary city built on the festival’s guiding principles of self-reliance, inclusion and self-expression.
—Andrea Agostini Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Researchers have linked the dust that blows off the playa to the region’s abnormally high rates of childhood asthma.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Burning Man is a weeklong end-of-summer bacchanalian arts festival that promotes radical self-expression and experimental community building, held annually on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2012
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With the rise in civilian drone use, how these rules play out on the playa could serve as a template for local governments either looking to UAVs to assist in law enforcement or surveying or interested in controlling their personal and commercial use.
—Susan Karlin, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2013
Once a year, thousands of people flock to the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert and set up camp in Black Rock City, a temporary city built on the festival’s guiding principles of self-reliance, inclusion and self-expression.
—Andrea Agostini Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Researchers have linked the dust that blows off the playa to the region’s abnormally high rates of childhood asthma.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Burning Man is a weeklong end-of-summer bacchanalian arts festival that promotes radical self-expression and experimental community building, held annually on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2012
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“Playa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playa. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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