playground

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Recent Examples of playground The museum displays campaign memorabilia and presidential artifacts, while its campus showcases a new community basketball court, public library and playground. ABC News, 4 June 2026 Anyone can walk the campus and use the playground, library, sledding hill or grilling area. Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty Images The playground area at the Obama Presidential Center. Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 June 2026 Where to Stay Over the past decade, Bodrum has become a playground for top-tier hospitality brands. Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for playground
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
Noun
  • The $50 million playland opened in miserable Memorial Day weekend weather, but 12,000 visitors still showed up.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • For subscribers: Las Vegas has a reputation as a playland for the rich, but hotel operators are hoping new all-inclusive offerings will bring in droves of new customers.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Incorporated into the city in 1860, this former hamlet was the haunt of Molière and the literati, and later a hotbed of Art Nouveau residences by architect Hector Guimard (the creator of Paris’s iconic Métro entrances).
    Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • But his hometown of Cite Soleil remains a hotbed for armed attacks.
    Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • And the city, that vast, open hive of souls, is the opposite of a soundproofed room, even if everyone is asleep.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Over the past few weeks, authorities in Puerto Vallarta in the Mexican state of Jalisco, a hot spot for American tourism, have recovered the bodies of the women in separate parts of the city, according to local reports.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • Known for its upscale, trendy products and high prices, Erewhon has grown into a tourist destination in Los Angeles and a hot spot for celebrities and influencers.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • At the center of the case was Gavin Arvizo, a then-15-year-old cancer survivor from Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • An employee has died at the United States Postal Service's metro Atlanta distribution center, officials have confirmed with CBS News Atlanta.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Ben Tzur understands the spiritual kernel of this process, having studied under Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar in the ancient dhrupad tradition, where rhythmic Vedic chants achieve a similar effect.
    Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
  • Frontier models have already validated hundreds of high-severity zero-days in production open-source code, including a Linux kernel bug that had been sitting unnoticed since 2003.
    Yonesy Nunez, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s a chance that the aurora borealis will appear in the sky above Idaho’s capital city on Thursday, June 4, according to the National Weather Service.
    Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2026
  • Amsterdam was once widely treated as the gay capital of Europe, with a lively scene around Reguliersdwarsstraat that turned the city into an international hub in the late twentieth century.
    Jurriaan Teulings, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Archer is scaling for the mega sporting event and attempting to build an operational hub for the area's impending air taxi network.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026

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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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