casinos

noun

plural of casino
as in pavilions
a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino

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Recent Examples of casinos Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Excess construction materials exported from China, together with Chinese construction services, helped casinos, special economic zones, and scam compounds develop rapidly in Southeast Asia while supporting Chinese export revenues. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026 Later came the casinos, and the boardwalk's popularity over the years has led to new attractions and businesses. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Still, courts like casinos are full of wild card moments, so that could all shift by late September, or not. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 Online casinos will only drive that number higher, as the Black community suffers outsized harms from gambling compared with other populations. — Brianne Doura-Schawohl, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 The next blow to Chicagoland racing came in the fall of 2014 after the state legislature passed a renewal of the impact fee levied against the area’s riverboat casinos for all of the tracks to use for purse money. — Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The squeals that accompany lights, bells, and coins falling in a noisy metal tray make casinos animated with excitement. — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Of all the reasons to visit Las Vegas—the five-star hotels, the live music and entertainment, the casinos, and the fine dining—this one might be the most compelling. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casinos
  1. pavilions
  2. kiosks
Noun
  • That April, Patir shuttered the pavilion on the first day of professional previews of the 2024 Biennale, leaving on view just one work, visible from outside, but protesters gathered outside the Israeli and nearby US pavilions just the same.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Seven separate pavilions make up the tranquil villa, connected by a wooden walkway centered around a 25-foot swimming pool.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pavilions
Noun
  • With fatter paychecks, customers are rebelling against the chains that serve up shrinkflation and replace workers with broken self-checkout machines and touchscreen kiosks.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • According to some reports, travelers have faced long lines and even missed connecting flights as airports deal with growing pains during the transition to biometric kiosks.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of kiosks

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