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noun

Definition of parksnext
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
During a family fun night Monday at Summit Waves in Lee’s Summit, two incidents occurred, one involving a gun, according to the city’s parks and recreation department. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 River Bend Park River Bend Park is one of Sacramento’s oldest county parks, according to the county’s regional park website. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 The trend comes amid growing river revitalization efforts, from pocket parks to habitat restoration. — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 This was Charlesbank, which opened in 1891 and was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as a satellite to his Emerald Necklace chain of parks in Boston and Brookline. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026 In Paris, people take trains, run into each other, walk along parks, ride buses, enter or leave buildings, sit in cafés, buy things, and lead thoroughly uneventful lives, but nothing external impinges on them. — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 Spots are still available for the July 24 and 31 events, according to the parks and rec department website. — Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 Officials have acknowledged that the ordinance would make parks and public works projects pricier and require more staff time while roping in outside consultants. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026 These kinds of parks require complex financing from different sources, including philanthropy, federal dollars and local sources, Daniel Church, a Sasaki official who worked on the plan, said Tuesday. — Arkansas Online, 7 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parks
  1. yards
  2. stations
  3. estates
  4. plants
  5. grounds
  6. positions
  7. gardens
  8. camps
Noun
  • In the final moments of the first half, a few minutes into stoppage time, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi lined up for a free kick about 29 yards out and took a chance on goal.
    — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • The former third-string walk-on finished with 286 passing yards, one touchdown and three interceptions in those two games.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 July 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
  • Copyright law allows authors to reclaim rights 35 years after publication, which has been used by screenwriters and their estates to regain their works.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • At just over 120 perfetto square meters (around 1,290 square feet), the villa doesn’t try to compete with the grand estates.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of estates
Verb
  • Knowing which plants toxic to dogs are in your space is the first step toward keeping them safe.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The parent plants from which the cuttings were taken should rapidly heal wounds, and make lots of new grow to reform often more compact plants.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Definition of plants
Noun
  • Its ocean boasts rich fishing grounds and critical seabed minerals.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • Other properties on the Fan Fest grounds are actually rentals.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of grounds
Verb
  • Industry data now positions the gym as the third place where people go to find community outside work, school and home.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The company also positions CobraJet as one layer within a broader air-defense network.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • Juan Guerrero, 70, has lived in Marbella for the past 50 years, and laments the changes to the city, which used to be a small fishing town dotted with vegetable gardens.
    — Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • The king has continued to spend significant time at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, which now features one of Britain’s most celebrated organic gardens.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 July 2026
Definition of gardens
Verb
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of camps

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