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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Noun

The group discovered early just how much responsibility for the community’s parks, landscaping and common areas rested with private organizations. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The bunker is one of more than a dozen projects tied to a $280 million dollar parks bond. — Wilkine Brutus, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 The bunker is one of more than a dozen projects tied to a $280 million parks bond. — Wilkine Brutus, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026 The former trainer has seen the world’s marine parks and the laws that govern them change for the better since starting Dolphin Project decades ago, but the fight isn’t over for him or his son. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Moreno said the budget still invests in public safety, parks, libraries and city employees. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Wildfire-preparedness initiatives have increasingly brought livestock into public parks and nature preserves. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 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

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

Winston was 11 of 27 for 111 yards in relief during the Rams game.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Willis gained 2 yards on the play, taking the ball to the 49ers’ 29-yard line.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 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

Despite this, the car still has room for two, though its size does limit its use to private estates and racetracks.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Jupiter Island, farther north in Martin County where golfer Tiger Woods lives, has another concentration of large ocean-to-Intracoastal estates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of estates

Verb

Move container plants indoors to a dark, dry spot, like a basement or garage.

— Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of plants

Noun

It was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane on airport grounds, where German police safely defused the device.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Six decades earlier, on the same grounds, a young Muhammad Ali absorbed a famous left hook from Henry Cooper late in the fourth round, then finished the fight in the fifth when the referee stopped it because of a severe cut over Cooper’s eye.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of grounds

Verb

For operators, that positions soft clubbing inside a sustained daytime, sober-friendly movement rather than a one-season novelty.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Vogue positions the shape as a transitional piece worth prioritizing before winter weather sets in.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

These materials were chosen to reflect the sky, water, and painstakingly landscaped gardens around the building to connect the interiors to the environment outside.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Vogue Italia describes soft clubbing as moving clubbing out of traditional nightlife venues and into places like bars, bakeries and gardens during morning and brunch hours.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 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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