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Recent Examples of playground
New Yorkers want a leader who will build a stronger economy, expand real opportunity, and protect the vulnerable — not turn our city into a playground for the manosphere.
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Sonia Ossorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Materialists deftly uses matchmaking to show us just how much modern dating has become an inhumane and often unfair playground that benefits the rich.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
Frisco Commons Park also has wooden playgrounds and interpretive trails; 9-acre J.R. Newman Park has picnic tables and a covered pavilion; and Shepherd’s Glen Park has its own walking trail, playground, and pavilion.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
Redbud Reserve would include 192 units across eight three-story buildings with a clubhouse, a playground and open space on what is now a vacant site.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
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Sonia Ossorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Materialists deftly uses matchmaking to show us just how much modern dating has become an inhumane and often unfair playground that benefits the rich.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
Frisco Commons Park also has wooden playgrounds and interpretive trails; 9-acre J.R. Newman Park has picnic tables and a covered pavilion; and Shepherd’s Glen Park has its own walking trail, playground, and pavilion.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
Redbud Reserve would include 192 units across eight three-story buildings with a clubhouse, a playground and open space on what is now a vacant site.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
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Only a handful of those who helped make the Village a musical hotbed are still out performing and even making new albums — Bob Dylan, of course, along with Judy Collins, Carolyn Hester, Noel Paul Stookey, and very few others.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone.—
Ryan Krogh,
Outside Online,
3 June 2025
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An extra plus is that the 100-acre wooded setting outside of Kingston, New York is a wonderful playland for your dog whom the resort welcomes with their own bed, treats, pet stations and lots of love.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The big picture: Over the next six months, Movieland will roll out bigger chairs, bigger screens, an in-house playland and enhanced dining options, the theater announced this week.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
12 Dec. 2024
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Beekeepers carefully manage their hives to keep Africanized queens out.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Having spent hours by his hives, caring for the bees and harvesting honey, and learning about its nutritious properties.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Firefighters made significant progress today strengthening containment lines and mopping up hot spots.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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Uncover the culture, cuisine and charm of the Motherland’s emerging hot spots.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 June 2025
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Fleck suggested first finding that kernel of truth in what the other person is saying or doing.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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For decades the jewelry house Tane México 1942 has translated its Mexican heritage and identity into silver, drawing inspiration from items as diverse as kernels of corn, Oaxacan needlework and even Frida Kahlo’s signature braids.—
Janelle Conaway,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Most partnership model firms lack the capital to invest in AI, talent, and infrastructure.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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San Francisco was ranked 57th on quality of city services but 148th in total budget per capital.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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The Southeast Queens hub opened in 2011 and would expand as part of its $5.5 billion proposal to add table games such as blackjack and poker, over 1,000 new hotel rooms, a 7,000-seat performance venue and more than 10 acres of public greenspace.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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The California hub achieved a strong index score of 60.7, bolstered by a high rating of 84/100 on FlightRadar24.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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