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Recent Examples of alameda
Or are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later?
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Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.
—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.
—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alameda
Noun
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When at sea, I, more often than not, like a throw-on outfit to wear over my bathing suit so I can easily get changed when walking across pool decks and walkways.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
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The walkway goes right past the eatery’s parking lot.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With so much on offer on board, from water parks and arcades to multi-screen cinemas and enrichment lectures, the cabin becomes little more than a place to shower and recharge.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The mall contains about 130 stores and restaurants, and has a double-decker carousel and an arcade.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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In contrast to Pei’s modernist pyramid, officials want the new entrance to blend into the 17th-century colonnade.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Many people walked with care around the colonnades flanking this historic piazza.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Three masked suspects with sledge hammers smashed glass display cases at a Jewelry Time kiosk on the second level of the mall near the Sears store, with each of them grabbing handfuls of different kinds of jewelry, authorities said.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
31 July 2025
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That didn’t feel like a mall in decline to his family.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Geneva, meanwhile, radiates diplomacy and cosmopolitan grace—its lakeside promenades framed by swans and sailboats, and the Jet d’Eau rising like a silver plume.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Greenways and pedestrian promenades designed to connect to surrounding neighborhoods.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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For acts such as Skaggs and The Oak Ridge Boys, among many others, a nondescript office plaza in Music City's Hendersonville suburb has fostered country's bluegrass and gospel roots for generations.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
9 Aug. 2025
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In Córdoba, colonial chapels cast long shadows across warm sandstone plazas, while Mendoza stirs slowly beneath the crystalline melt of the Andes—its sprawling vineyards glowing gold in the slanting afternoon light.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Alameda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alameda. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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