Thesaurus results for PARKS

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noun

Definition of parks

plural of park

as in yards

the area around and belonging to a building the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park

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verb

present tense third-person singular of park

as in stations

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Recent Examples of parks

Noun

Both parks received upgraded seating, additional picnic tables and a larger picnic shelter, a news release said. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 One potential ordinance would prohibit e-bikes and other applicable electronic vehicles from parks, playgrounds and school grounds unless signs specifically authorize their use. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places. — Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 Kauai County announced plans to close all parks and campgrounds and establish five refuge areas Sunday in anticipation of Hurricane Lowell’s impacts. — Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 One of the city’s oldest parks, the downtown square between Olive and Hill streets was first dedicated in 1866 as La Plaza Abaja. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Residents around Milwaukee may see motorcycles rolling around town, goth concerts blacking out downtown parks, parades celebrating workers and fall kickoff events preparing for sweater weather. — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026 During the surge, the most important of these turned out to be those founded during the upheaval that followed George Floyd’s murder, when residents gathered in nearby parks to organize block associations led by captains. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Officials in Wyandotte County will soon set city and county budgets for 2027, laying out how much funding public services like parks, police and roads will get in the year ahead. — Sofi Zeman august 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Busch Gardens, SeaWorld and Sesame Place parks The following United Parks & Resorts theme parks have a zero-change fee policy for guests wanting to reschedule park visits. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Brown completed 12 of 20 passes for 129 yards and one touchdown, while Hecklinski went 7 of 16 for 76 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of yards

Verb

Dubbed the Velvet Gang, the trio snatches the overpriced, often monochromatic fashion threads designed by Christie Smith (Demi Moore, in a performance of comedic genius), a pretentious piece of work who stations herself in a leaning building (wink, win to San Francisco there).

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Instead, Boston stations him away from the basketball, the keeper of the weak side, free to flick away passes, kill screening actions with switches and, somehow, block shots.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of stations

Noun

For example, Illinois doesn't levy any tax for estates up to $4 million.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Two of the most impressive and imposing estates on the island, Whitehall and The Breakers, were developed by Flagler—the railroad tycoon who stitched Florida together with train tracks in the late 19th century.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of estates

Verb

The club also plants and maintains various Naperville gardens, including Paw Paw Garden at Naper Settlement, Veterans Garden, Blue Star Marker Garden, and the garden and planters at the DuPage Children’s Museum and Trinity House.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Standing at two hours and 30 minutes, along with a 15-minute intermission, the narrative plants you in the middle of a world of ironies.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of plants

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The death came as the festival endured another year with weather woes, including rain on Friday that temporarily closed a main gate to festival grounds known as Black Rock City.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Attendees will no longer be permitted to bring coolers into the festival grounds.

— Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of grounds

Verb

With a likely return to New York Fashion Week in 2027, the exhibition positions him for the next chapter of his evolving practice.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
This represents a sizable step up in performance from the Aura 2, and positions the Max as somewhat of a hybrid between a giant-screen living-room TV replacement and a display that can deliver some serious high-fps gaming.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

In a work so dense with references, mistakes will sprout like crabgrass; write a big book on André Le Nôtre’s formal gardens and the earthworm experts will gather to deride your confusion.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Each room is filled with Rodin's work, while the gardens allow for more breathing room between each sculpture.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of gardens

Verb

Concertgoers are surely used to the fan archetype who camps outside the venue for hours to secure a spot along the barricade, but the lines outside Nationals Park on Wednesday didn’t hold the promise of a better view.

— Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

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