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Recent Examples of plage
Days are spent basking on the hotel's private plage, going for a swim when the mood suits.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
Cheval Blanc is uniquely well fixed in this respect, with its own small but entirely satisfactory sandy plage adjoining the central terrace, neatly dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
Visit in the summer to enjoy extensive bike paths, outdoor markets, music festivals, even urban plages like Clock Tower Beach.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
Cheval Blanc is uniquely well fixed in this respect, with its own small but entirely satisfactory sandy plage adjoining the central terrace, neatly dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
Visit in the summer to enjoy extensive bike paths, outdoor markets, music festivals, even urban plages like Clock Tower Beach.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plage
Noun
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Think of all those islands on the southern littoral of Iran.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Hailing from the peninsula’s steppe interior, mountainous east, and Black Sea littoral, this population tended to be devoutly Muslim and, for the most part, had never been fully at ease with the republic’s secularist founding project.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
Noun
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It’s set on the new build Tjuvholmen islet, on the eastern side of town, which can feel a little empty at night but comes into its own at weekends, when roving families come on art walks—and in the summer for its lido action.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The lido will be open from breakfast to sunset and provide seaside service, umbrellas and sunbeds.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Battery Park City Authority Battery Park City's lower esplanade will remain as is, while plazas and parks will see a redesign and new landscaping.—
Jessica Moore,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Amid rumors of the impending announcement, following a test-run at the Eiffel Tower overnight, fans and sightseers had also gathered on the Trocadero esplanade in anticipation.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Plage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plage. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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