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Recent Examples of forecourt
Visitors approaching the museum’s doors will pass under a canopy of silver birch trees installed in its forecourt.
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Following the vote, dozens of film and television workers gathered in the City Hall forecourt for a news conference celebrating the council’s action.
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Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
An open courtyard at the center provides space for temporary events, while a paved forecourt doubles as a gathering area.
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New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2026
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Following the vote, dozens of film and television workers gathered in the City Hall forecourt for a news conference celebrating the council’s action.
—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
An open courtyard at the center provides space for temporary events, while a paved forecourt doubles as a gathering area.
—
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecourt
Noun
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American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history.
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Another building under construction is a medical office plaza that will be 180,000 square feet, housing multiple clinics and providers.
Noun
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Rule-breakers in Japan historically met a very harsh fate in the middle of the town square, and that kind of still persists today.
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The town square features a bust of Hans Christian Andersen and a replica of Copenhagen's famous Little Mermaid statue.
Noun
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The groups also added onto the old building with a three-story, angled atrium to provide greater visibility for the Aspire Center from the intersection of Madison and Central.
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After a cardiologist did additional testing including an echocardiogram and an MRI, he was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer in the right atrium of his heart.
Noun
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Upstairs, the primary suite functions as a private apartment within the home, complete with its own coffee bar, under-counter refrigerator and terrace for morning espressos.
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Top-of-the-line treatments like volcanic hot-stone massages and rejuvenating facials are available, but so is a steam room, sauna, relaxation room, terrace, and small fitness center.
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“Forecourt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecourt. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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