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marquees

noun

plural of marquee

as in tents

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Noun

Since the camp was set up on Saturday, the number of tents in the central square has increased.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
In late June 2025, white industrial tents, generators, and heavy equipment were deployed within just eight days to transform the airport into a detention facility.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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The David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by Peter Zumthor, opened in April — a sprawling, serpentine concrete mass looming 30 feet above Wilshire Boulevard on seven bulky inhabited pavilions.

— Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026
The structure is essentially a 'village' of nine exhibition pavilions integrated with courtyards, and connected by a corridor covered by a distinctive ribbon-like roof that defines the Suzhou Industrial Park skyline.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of pavilions

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The two domes that once housed the San Onofre nuclear reactor cores will start coming down early next year.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Their prototype domes are only about the size of a wine cork at this point, but their compressive strength is comparable to low-grade concrete.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of domes

Noun

It’s perfectly designed for sipping cocktails under the warm glow of the hotel's signature red canvas awnings and people-watching as Paris’s most chic inhabitants walk by.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Radica installs a lockable hatch door on one side and mounting track for things like awnings, shower rooms and lights on both sides.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of awnings

Noun

If tree canopies looked denser in previous years but are starting to look sparse, your trees may be in trouble.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
Bees take advantage of vegetation and openings in forest canopies created by disturbances such as disease, storms, wind, beavers and fire.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of canopies

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Also strikingly forward-thinking given the surroundings—chandeliers, parquet floors, coffered ceilings—was the choice to end the evening with a performance by Danish punk rock group, Iceage.

— Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
The living room is the home’s focal point, according to its listing, with vaulted ceilings, fireplace and walls of glass framing the pool, tennis court, and terraces.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

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