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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
Bottlenecked by energy infrastructure from as far back as World War II, tech companies are looking for extraterrestrial arenas to build out data centers without taxing available resources.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Those two teams, playing in large arenas, led the PWHL in average attendance this past season.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Inside the free-for-all arenas of Instagram and TikTok, audiences have spent the last few weeks watching two box-office content creators engage in battle.
—Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Norms that are taken for granted in the NBA—including but not limited to playing in sizable arenas, getting decent locker rooms (or even simply getting a locker)—had been a toss-up in the WNBA over the years, varying from team to team.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
The movie was shot at two arenas during Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, one in Manchester, England, and the other in Phoenix, Arizona, and the layout of the concert is stunning.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 May 2026
The two teams’ arenas are separated by less than 200 miles, from the edge of the Detroit River to the shore of Lake Erie.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Finally, whistleblowers have filed reports about governments using AI tools for real-time decision-making in both military and civilian arenas.
—Ahmed Hamza, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
Her book tour sold out about thirty arenas, including Chicago’s United Center, where fourteen thousand people paid to see her in conversation with Winfrey.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Those two teams, playing in large arenas, led the PWHL in average attendance this past season.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Inside the free-for-all arenas of Instagram and TikTok, audiences have spent the last few weeks watching two box-office content creators engage in battle.
—Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Norms that are taken for granted in the NBA—including but not limited to playing in sizable arenas, getting decent locker rooms (or even simply getting a locker)—had been a toss-up in the WNBA over the years, varying from team to team.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
The movie was shot at two arenas during Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, one in Manchester, England, and the other in Phoenix, Arizona, and the layout of the concert is stunning.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 May 2026
The two teams’ arenas are separated by less than 200 miles, from the edge of the Detroit River to the shore of Lake Erie.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Finally, whistleblowers have filed reports about governments using AI tools for real-time decision-making in both military and civilian arenas.
—Ahmed Hamza, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
Her book tour sold out about thirty arenas, including Chicago’s United Center, where fourteen thousand people paid to see her in conversation with Winfrey.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arenas
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The permit would cover the Cinerama Dome, 14 adjacent auditoriums and a restaurant café with two outdoor spaces.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Steer clear of windows and avoid seeking refuge in large open areas such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pool areas also feature reef-safe sunscreen dispensers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Student enrollment will drop across the board, and certain areas of the country such as New England—which is home to a whole host of small private colleges and will be suffering from some of the harshest demographic decline—may start to be dotted by campus ghost towns.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Free music is everywhere this summer, from museums and amphitheaters to Denver International Airport.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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With a new album and an upcoming summer tour of mostly suburban amphitheaters, Duff, 38, is about to have a monster summer.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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In March, China settled on the term ciyuan as the official translation for tokens, a move suggesting Beijing is looking to shape the rules of the AI economy and expand its efforts to counter the US dollar’s dominance in global commerce to digital realms.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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That hyper-local, hyper-personal sense of trust and the village green is becoming an important bulwark against the erosion of values in other realms.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The same failure modes show up in many other domains.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Last year, the Department of Defense awarded OpenAI a contract worth up to $200 million to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities for both warfighting and enterprise domains.—
Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The platform is used by major international law firms and global corporate departments.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Private retailers also do not have the same public disclosure requirements as police departments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Persephone, goddess of spring and the fields, became the spouse of Hades, who ruled the underworld.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In Rick Chipman's fields in Harlan, Iowa, young soy plants are starting to emerge.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Other miniature titanium forms—including dolphins, sharks and ladybugs—appear inside transparent spheres embedded throughout the sculptures.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The advent of digital media outlets is transforming the way communication is being conducted in all spheres of life, including science communication.—
Prodromos Yannas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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“Arenas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arenas. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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