Thesaurus results for PARKS

parks 1 of 2

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

Parks, infrastructure KCK’s citywide sales tax item, if approved, would be a three-eighth-cent tax designed to direct $8 million toward city parks improvement projects and $8 million toward infrastructure, including closed bridges. — Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026 Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026 The parks offer a diverse range of experiences and, of course, not all are as trafficked as the most popular ones. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Many have parks, green spaces and, in some cases, 1,000 trees. — New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026 The Town is around 90% cleared of all debris from the derecho at this point, including all parks, Luke Kern, a MS4 employee with the Public Works Department, told the Town Council at its Monday evening meeting. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The ballot item requires any advertising revenue to be spent in the parks system. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 The pre-planned neighborhood geared to creatives features soundstages, apartments, townhomes, single-family homes, parks, restaurants, retail and a hotel. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Anaheim’s schools, parks and swimming pool were segregated until the 1950s. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 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

His yards per attempt and passer rating have fallen, too, and his regular-season touchdown-to-interception ratio has also slipped, from 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions as a rookie to 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions since the start of 2025.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Chaz Rodriguez has stepped in at quarterback to pass for 805 yards and 13 touchdowns along with seven touchdowns rushing.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 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

There are also a host of homes and estates available for stays on those spacious grounds (several members of the Hardy family, in fact, also keep homes there).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The traditional private wealth model assumes clients have spent years engaging with advisers, building portfolios, planning estates and developing long-term financial strategies.

— Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of estates

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Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.

— Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

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Until a 1917 church law was revised in 1983, those who died by suicide were denied Catholic burials on consecrated grounds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
China is pushing for the EU to stop blocking its imports of advanced computer chipmaking machines, restrictions imposed on national security grounds at Washington's behest.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of grounds

Verb

The choice facing Brazilians extends well beyond domestic politics and could reshape how Brazil positions itself on the global stage.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
The university’s strong foundation in the field positions it as an industry leader in the Chicago area, according to the park’s workforce development lead, Emily Whitman Easton.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

The pool is secluded and shady thanks to the towering palms that line the edges, and the open-air spa resides right in the middle of the hotel's lush gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Cut back catmint, hostas, and salvia in fall for tidier gardens, pest prevention, and improved flowering.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 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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