the place to be
idiom
: a place where many people go and where exciting things happen
This bar is the place to be on Saturday nights.
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If Champagne bars are getting cooler, as the Wine Enthusiast story suggests, Louisville seems to be the place to be.
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Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Price upon publish date of this article: $274 Wayfair: Wayfair’s Fourth of July clearance event is the place to be this holiday season, with discounts of up to 70 percent off on living room seating, mattresses, outdoor furniture, area rugs, and all the other accruements that make a house a home.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
The bottom line is that INTC has not been the place to be for most of the past year — but that may be changing.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 25 June 2025
The Dodgers hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Harry Connick Jr. performed at the Hollywood Bowl, but the Rose Bowl was the place to be on the Fourth of July.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
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Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Price upon publish date of this article: $274 Wayfair: Wayfair’s Fourth of July clearance event is the place to be this holiday season, with discounts of up to 70 percent off on living room seating, mattresses, outdoor furniture, area rugs, and all the other accruements that make a house a home.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
The bottom line is that INTC has not been the place to be for most of the past year — but that may be changing.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 25 June 2025
The Dodgers hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Harry Connick Jr. performed at the Hollywood Bowl, but the Rose Bowl was the place to be on the Fourth of July.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the place to be
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“The place to be.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20place%20to%20be. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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