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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
Management is retrofitting amphitheaters from as little as 1% premium capacity toward 25% and designing new arenas with up to 30% premium inventory.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Concerts and award shows reinvent arenas every year through temporary architecture and production design.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The ruling was a setback for gun control advocates that had argued the measures were necessary for public safety in places like shopping malls, bars, restaurants, theaters, farms, arenas and private beaches.
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The development will also restore September Ranch, the only public equestrian center in Monterey County, with indoor and outdoor arenas, boarding facilities, and more than 12 miles of riding trails.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
30 June 2026
After a few months of performing the approximately 1-hour-long show in theaters throughout Europe and North America, Allen brought the tour to arenas earlier this month.
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Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Indoor arenas can swing from cold to hot and sweaty in minutes, so layered clothing is the safest bet.
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Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s decades-long rivalry has spanned arenas ranging from personal wealth to their own personal space race.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
29 June 2026
Her fame, fueled by a college rivalry with Caitlin Clark, has significantly boosted the Dream's profile, leading to record sellouts and games in larger arenas.
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Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Concerts and award shows reinvent arenas every year through temporary architecture and production design.
—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The ruling was a setback for gun control advocates that had argued the measures were necessary for public safety in places like shopping malls, bars, restaurants, theaters, farms, arenas and private beaches.
—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The development will also restore September Ranch, the only public equestrian center in Monterey County, with indoor and outdoor arenas, boarding facilities, and more than 12 miles of riding trails.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
30 June 2026
After a few months of performing the approximately 1-hour-long show in theaters throughout Europe and North America, Allen brought the tour to arenas earlier this month.
—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Indoor arenas can swing from cold to hot and sweaty in minutes, so layered clothing is the safest bet.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s decades-long rivalry has spanned arenas ranging from personal wealth to their own personal space race.
—
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
29 June 2026
Her fame, fueled by a college rivalry with Caitlin Clark, has significantly boosted the Dream's profile, leading to record sellouts and games in larger arenas.
—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arenas
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Lotte is now said to be planning upgrades to its own business instead, refitting its theaters with recliner seating, upgraded projection and sound-specialized auditoriums, while also expanding its content business.
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Renting out parking lots, auditoriums and other school facilities often involves coming in on weekends and troubleshooting issues with vendors throughout the week, the North Side principal said.
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Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
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The city presented three scenarios for Hemphill, which would involve either no change to the current traffic flow, adding two lanes of traffic back in certain areas, or adding them back along the entire corridor.
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Choosing seats and venues that work for kids Smaller venues and outdoor amphitheaters are often easier for a first-timer than a packed stadium.
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Fourth of July weekend is the unofficial start of the summer festival season, which includes open-air shows at stadiums and amphitheaters.
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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The new wrinkle is that the big platforms want to draft off what makes top creators successful in their digital-native realms.
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Instead of concentrating combat capability aboard a small number of heavily armed warships, the government says the new vessels will support a hybrid fleet in which crewed ships coordinate networks of autonomous systems across multiple domains.
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Across eight domains of preparedness, respondents gave their highest scores to Community.
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Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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His companies have redrawn the boundaries of multiple economic fields—the automotive industry, the aerospace sector, satellite communications—and his direct influence has helped transform the world’s most powerful government.
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The magnetic pull for those whose ultimate prize is privacy and connection to nature is towards gardens, forests, fields and beachfronts that stretch into the distance, delineating possibilities.
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Butter yellow French tips cut away to reveal sheer spheres of apricot jam.
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Stephen worked at Weber Brothers Metal Works at the time, welding half spheres together to make buoys.
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“Arenas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arenas. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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