theme park

noun

: an amusement park in which the structures and settings are based on a central theme

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Unlike conventional theme parks with flashing lights and other heavy sensory stimulation, the park will avoid blinking and strobing effects, planning documents say. Kendrick Calfee february 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026 The show featured a 60-foot-tall fiber optic Christmas tree, choreographed water fountains, low-level pyrotechnics and video screens displaying interactive holiday cards drawn during the day by theme park visitors. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026 Familiar fare such as po’ boys and king cakes are again on the streets of the theme park, too. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026 The challenge there will be maintaining Disney’s market dominance in the theme park space while continuing to invest to drive growth and managing attendance in the face of ongoing competition from arch rival Universal Studios. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for theme park

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First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theme park was in 1960

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“Theme park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theme%20park. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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theme park

noun
: an amusement park in which the structures and settings are based on a central theme
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