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Recent Examples of playground
Families Safe, secure, and private with attentive staff, this is the perfect family holiday playground.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Like the kid that doesn’t get to go on the playground.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The church and school entered another agreement in 2014 for use of a playground area about 6,000 square feet in size.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Solar panels cover the playground equipment their grandchildren enjoy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Like the kid that doesn’t get to go on the playground.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The church and school entered another agreement in 2014 for use of a playground area about 6,000 square feet in size.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Solar panels cover the playground equipment their grandchildren enjoy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 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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The tri-border area has long been a hotbed for extremist violence, a trend worsened by the lack of security cooperation with Niger and Burkina Faso, both now led by military juntas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
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For one thing, Augusta has never been the sort of place that can be characterized as a hotbed of forward thinking.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The queen-worthy new hive, hand-crafted by a local Virginia artisan in the image of the White House, will add two new bee colonies to the property's existing two.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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What’s good for the hive is good for the bee.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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One Midwestern city has emerged as a nitrate pollution hot spot, with levels in local rivers so high that the city had to build one of the largest nitrate removal plants in the world.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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The green couches are a hot spot for photo ops.—
Jeremy Rellosa,
Curbed,
21 Apr. 2026
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In sixth inning, Villa Park tied the score 2-2 on a two-out infield single by speedy center fielder Shea Gonzalez.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Iran has also conducted drone strikes that damaged data centers in the region that are owned by Amazon Web Services, which operates the world’s largest cloud platform—high-value targets with major financial and operational ramifications.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Also known as wheat kernels, wheat berries are encased in husks zipped along the tops of stalks and removed in a process known as threshing.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The kernels are so juicy and just burst in your mouth.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
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Thanks to their Thursday-night maneuvering, the Niners now possess the extra draft capital necessary to package some picks and jump back up to grab another Top 50 prospect.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Saudis wanted to attract Western business, and to have Riyadh supplant Abu Dhabi and Dubai as the Middle East’s economic capital.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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The city’s brand — a safe, efficient, business-friendly hub for capital, tourism, logistics, and talent — was suddenly under scrutiny from investors, multinational executives, and residents who had chosen to build their businesses and lives there.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The royal, 43, made the trip to highlight the hub's approach to electrification, innovation and sustainability.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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