1
a
: a public square in a city or town
b
: an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops
2
: a place on a thoroughfare (such as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)
3
: an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (such as a restaurant, gas station, and restrooms)
4
Examples of plaza in a Sentence
They put his statue in the town's plaza.
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Once the press conference seemingly got back on track, the theater's bull moseyed across the plaza.
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Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The plan includes a 3,500-seater venue to enable entertainment events to take place all year, no matter the weather, alongside a plaza that connects Villa Park to the club shop and a general widening of space around the stadium.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
There are also plans to create areas for outdoor entertainment on the plaza, install European-style privacy stalls in all lobby restrooms and update performer dressing rooms backstage.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
The Citrus Heights Police Department said officers responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. to reports of a man threatening people with a knife in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in the 7800 block of Lichen Drive, near Antelope Road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The plan includes a 3,500-seater venue to enable entertainment events to take place all year, no matter the weather, alongside a plaza that connects Villa Park to the club shop and a general widening of space around the stadium.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
There are also plans to create areas for outdoor entertainment on the plaza, install European-style privacy stalls in all lobby restrooms and update performer dressing rooms backstage.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
The Citrus Heights Police Department said officers responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. to reports of a man threatening people with a knife in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in the 7800 block of Lichen Drive, near Antelope Road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plaza
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaza. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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