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Recent Examples of playground
In the summer, strolling and biking along the four reservoirs completely reset my nervous system; in the winter, the water becomes a frozen playground where people of all ages build snowmen and figure skate to their heart’s content.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
Tanika Williams picked up her phone on the playground while her 4-year-old scampered around in the wood chips behind her.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
And space is not a playground for billionaires.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
Salim poses for a photo in front of the building now being torn down to make space for a playground.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
Tanika Williams picked up her phone on the playground while her 4-year-old scampered around in the wood chips behind her.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
And space is not a playground for billionaires.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
Salim poses for a photo in front of the building now being torn down to make space for a playground.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
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While there are moss species in the desert and on snowy mountaintops, the warm, moist environments of the Southeastern United States are a moss playland.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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There will be snow, an ice rink, roasting marshmallows around a campfire, winter wonderland character encounters, a light walk, bounce house playland, free photo booth and food vendors selling refreshments.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Milan is now a hotbed of vintage activity.—
Selene Oliva,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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It’s made Florida the hotbed for basketball.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The story quickly turns into a survive-the-night horror story as the bloodthirsty Remmick (Jack O'Connell) slowly turns more of the patrons into his hive-mind brethren.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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People can also identify and avoid triggers, reduce stress, and adjust their diet to help ease hive symptoms.—
Zia Sherrell,
Health,
7 Mar. 2026
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Virginia, the nation’s data center hot spot, is considering legislation to shift more of the cost of service to the large computing centers.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Be sure to keep your counters and floors clean and free of crumbs so insects don’t view your home as a hot spot.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Bottom Line on Sleepmaxxing As with many social media health trends, there’s a kernel of a good idea here.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
11 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the bacon and sausage, this queso is packed with filling black beans, corn kernels, scallions, cheese, jalapeños, and our favorite, Rotel tomatoes.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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After the war started, Rebin said that bombs would not deter him from driving to the capital once more to search for his son.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The city manager in Raleigh, the capital and second-largest city in the state, made $323,978, according to the Raleigh News & Observer’s slightly older salary database, which is from 2024.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The New Yorker reviewed more than a dozen unclassified documents about ICE-tracking apps, many of them created by fusion centers—intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information about criminal and terrorist threats.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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