Thesaurus results for ARENAS

arenas

noun

plural of arena

as in auditoriums

a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings watched the hockey game in the new sports arena

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as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence has a lot of influence in the local business arena

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Recent Examples of arenas The festivals themselves have become arenas for protest and platforms for social media activism. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Its graphics processing capabilities were repeatedly extended into new arenas, most consequentially AI computing. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Today, so many of the top artists who are headlining festivals and selling out arenas are women. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Neil Young did originally book Dolly Parton as the opening act for four dates on his 1978 fall tour of arenas and amphitheaters. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 Garth Brooks, known for selling out massive venues such Camping World Stadium with 70,000 fans in 2022, is hitting the road to play in the arenas that first saw the country star’s rise to fame. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026 The move puts professional women’s volleyball inside one of the newest major-league arenas in the country as the franchise attempts to establish itself in Los Angeles’ crowded sports market. — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The mainly movie channel ventured into original programming with the tale of a Thracian soldier who is condemned to fight in Rome's gladiatorial arenas, only to become a champion and vow to bring down the Empire. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Inside, there’s space for 1,528 horse stalls, eight temporary arenas and 3,774 cattle ties. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The theater was squarely in the exhibition vanguard then, designed and equipped as a boutique-size 750-seat alternative to the massive Balaban & Katz auditoriums of the day.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Regal Cinemas, for example, has 4DX auditoriums with multisensory enhancements that bring the film world into the real world with full-body immersion synced up with the on-screen action.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Ready for some season predictions, areas of concern, a fair look down the road and an honest glimpse at what’s right in front of the Browns?

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The sterile fly program complements efforts to monitor wildlife, inspect animals and work with ranchers in areas where the fly has been spotted to encourage regular checks for infestations.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of areas

Noun

Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Yet Parton’s willingness to move among musical genres and other realms of entertainment, and to try just about anything, was part of her genius.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of realms

Noun

In Thurman’s case, despite clear signs of an ectopic pregnancy, two emergency departments sent her home without resolving the complication.

— Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors amended its current budget to add nearly $3 million to the District Attorney’s Office, and also to give some money back to several other services in other departments.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

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September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the bridge should spur development between the two countries in various spheres — including tourism — and create new jobs.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Both women recognized that fully realizing the aspirations and talents of women and girls also requires valuing the virtues and qualities that men and boys contribute, in the private and public spheres.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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