as in deck
a flat roofless structure attached to a building on summer mornings I often have breakfast out on the balcony

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Recent Examples of balcony The cause of the balcony’s collapse has not yet been determined. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 More than two-thirds of the 1,045 staterooms have private balconies. Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025 Laidback Fun The crystal blue waters of the Sea of Cortez provided dramatic views from our suite’s balcony and easygoing beach days. Jasmine Purdie, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025 Cheering too loudly at the Grand Ole Opry and tumbling from the balcony? Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for balcony
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Noun
  • The deck team is already on edge, not just from their usual frazzled state but from bringing up the tender with the crane while the guests had dinner.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Or for the wide swaths of empty seats in the upper deck that formed after the New York Giants put the game in a vice grip with a three-score lead late in the third quarter and put the Broncos on shutout watch.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 51-room hotel is three minutes’ walk from Charles Bridge and has a private entrance to the lovely baroque Vrtba Garden, plus a rooftop terrace.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The church also proposed adding space for hydroponic farming that would supply produce for the community and terrace farming that could be utilized by the residents.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Deputies said that even after his brother fell to the ground while standing on the back porch, Dustin Cannon continued firing, the White County Citizen reported.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, a 2011 image of the property from the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser obtained by the Herald shows a different fence and gate than those currently in place, along with different exterior columns, no hurricane shutters and a porch gate.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Balcony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balcony. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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