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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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 But any sort of tour that brought Nicks and Buckingham back onto the same stage for the first time since 2018 would be a major event that could pack arenas and stadiums all across the globe. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 Grande performed a trio of shows at Chicago's United Center this week after playing arenas in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York City and other major cities since June. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Since then, women’s sports activists have rallied around Cunningham and have held events in support of her outside of arenas. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 In 2022, Alameda County voters amended Measure D to increase the allowable size of agricultural buildings and covered equestrian arenas relative to the surrounding parcel. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 The controversy is affecting the WNBA’s landscape, with dueling protests being held outside arenas, Cunningham booed on the road and a Seattle co-owner suspended over a clash with fans. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 She was loudly booed during a game in Seattle last week but has been cheered in other arenas. — Greg Cote august 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 When Cuban bought the Mavericks in 2000 for $285 million, the team was mired in mediocrity and playing in front of half-empty arenas. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 31 July 2026 For half a century, space has remained one of the few arenas in which Washington and Moscow continued working together despite crises on the ground. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

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Note, Imax auditoriums, which weren’t part of Brand New Day‘s opening suite, finally get to project the sequel in a co-share with Universal’s The Odyssey (which continues to have reported near-sellouts in major Imax markets into October).

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Gen Z may be filing into more auditoriums than expected these days.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026

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Towns and cities are enacting bans on construction seemingly by the day, including in nearby areas in Washington, out of fears of higher electricity bills, pollution and AI taking their jobs.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The full-backs are just as important to the picture, pushing high to overload wide areas and stretch defences.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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Management is retrofitting amphitheaters from as little as 1% premium capacity toward 25% and designing new arenas with up to 30% premium inventory.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Choosing seats and venues that work for kids Smaller venues and outdoor amphitheaters are often easier for a first-timer than a packed stadium.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026

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That’s perhaps not much comfort to the Philippines and other rival claimants to the South China Sea who are on the receiving end of Chinese hard power — in a world where, increasingly, in both the physical and digital realms, might makes right.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
To map out these heavenly realms takes a certain amount of ego and pollyannaism otherwise absent from Reilly’s worldview.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

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Citation analysis identifies the domains and exact URLs influencing those answers, helping teams see whether their own pages, publishers or other third-party sources shape the response.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Matt is Chief Revenue Officer at Identity Digital, a global leader in next-generation top-level domains and digital identity.

— Matt Overman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of domains

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The county executive’s chartered responsibilities include overseeing the county’s municipal departments, correcting errors in tax assessments, executing certain contracts, upholding the county charter and representing the county in general.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Early Tuesday morning, the volcano spewed lava that reached a height of about 300 meters (984 feet), triggering red alerts, evacuations, a highway’s closure, and the suspension of classes in three departments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Insider tip Follow the paths through the lavender fields at sunset, when the bees begin to settle and the fields catch the last of the ethereal light.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Platsdarm’s volunteers go into fields and forests, among ruins and across territory, where the ground is often mined.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of fields

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These mRNA-lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, are tiny spheres about 100 nanometers in diameter that protect mRNA from degradation and facilitate its delivery into target cells.

— Li Li, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
LipLift is powered by the brand’s proprietary Hyaluron Peptide-6 BioFill, a topical volumizing technology formulated with six advanced biomimetic peptides, hyaluronic acid oil, poly-hyaluronic acid filling spheres and bioidentical skin lipids.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026

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