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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)
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Examples of plaza in a Sentence
They put his statue in the town's plaza.
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Dunham-Jones said in cities like New York and Atlanta, developers of skyscrapers in the 1960s were forced by municipal officials to include plazas in front of the buildings.
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Further south and inland, the Sierra de Aracena in Andalusia brings a tapestry of cork forests, rolling hills, and pueblos blancos — whitewashed towns where tradition thrives in every plaza.
—Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Station South’s 59,100 square feet of commercial, retail and other non-residential space will include a 25,000-square-foot parking deck and 25,000-square-foot central plaza, according to the developer’s rezoning application.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Dec. 2025
Streamlining the production of the ornaments has given Starr the time to make more custom work for clients, like ornaments of a plaza fountain for a local company, or a large recreation of her mermaid plate, and to make more traditional 17th century pottery.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Further south and inland, the Sierra de Aracena in Andalusia brings a tapestry of cork forests, rolling hills, and pueblos blancos — whitewashed towns where tradition thrives in every plaza.
—Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Station South’s 59,100 square feet of commercial, retail and other non-residential space will include a 25,000-square-foot parking deck and 25,000-square-foot central plaza, according to the developer’s rezoning application.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Dec. 2025
Streamlining the production of the ornaments has given Starr the time to make more custom work for clients, like ornaments of a plaza fountain for a local company, or a large recreation of her mermaid plate, and to make more traditional 17th century pottery.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaza. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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