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Grab a slice of cheesecake and head to your nearest lanai — here's what to know about the milestone anniversary.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The Rooms All the hotel’s 877 guest rooms and 57 suites have a private lanai (balcony) with views of either the gardens or the ocean.
—Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2025
The spaces are slated to share a 1,300-square-foot lanai.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2025
The 7-bedroom, 7-bathroom home also has an exercise facility, theater room, outdoor BBQ lanai, two fire pits, and a 45,000-gallon negative-edge infinity pool with a waterslide and swim-up sunken bar – all situated 30 yards from the 17th tee box of the Plantation Course.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
The Rooms All the hotel’s 877 guest rooms and 57 suites have a private lanai (balcony) with views of either the gardens or the ocean.
—Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2025
The spaces are slated to share a 1,300-square-foot lanai.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2025
The 7-bedroom, 7-bathroom home also has an exercise facility, theater room, outdoor BBQ lanai, two fire pits, and a 45,000-gallon negative-edge infinity pool with a waterslide and swim-up sunken bar – all situated 30 yards from the 17th tee box of the Plantation Course.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lanai
porch
Noun
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Having discovered a scarecrow dummy — an exact-looking replica of her costume — stashed in Sharon’s garage, a quick fingerprint dusting revealed a clear fingerprint from the kid who was on her porch at the time of Beryl’s murder.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Spencer noticed how newspapers were being thrown in the general direction of subscribers' porches.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Lanai.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lanai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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