playground

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Recent Examples of playground But while catering to the world’s most demanding clientele is a serious business, the StudioCé founders like to think of the table as a playground. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025 Two of the leaders of Sticks & Sprouts gave a status update on the potential mud-and-water project for the patch of dirt next to the elementary-school playground. Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025 During their Fall Harvest Festival, Waterman’s Family Farm offers a farm market, hayrides, farm animals, train rides, a farm playground, live music, food vendors and more activities for kids. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025 Dearmore said her 8-year-old autistic daughter, Acacia, was the inspiration for opening the playground. Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for playground
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
Noun
  • Our story reported that one country was a hotbed of risky selfies.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Illinois has long been a hotbed of labor union activism dating back to the 1880s.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Kids and families can enjoy free live music, along with an inflatable playland and other features.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 20 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Bees are matriarchal, with a queen bee in charge of the hive.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In the front yard of his house on the outskirts of downtown Napa, Sevigny watched a honeybee crawl around on the gravel a few feet from its hive.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sunset Beach is a hot spot for collecting shells and is known for having lots of sand dollars that wash up on the shore.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Coyote Fire mostly contained in El Dorado County East of Sacramento, the Coyote Fire was 90% contained Thursday morning after burning 624 acres as mop-up work and hot spot checks continue inside the fire perimeter, Cal Fire’s Amador-El Dorado uni said.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Discard the tired-looking center and separate clumps from the outer edges by hand or use a sharp knife or pruning saw.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Public and private investors would develop the Gaza Strip into a center of tech innovation and tourism, with high-rises.
    Michele Chabin, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Get the recipe > Saveur’s editor at large Shane Mitchell shared these Southern-style pancakes, which get their subtle chew from fresh corn kernels.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Here, however, the child offers a kernel to his mother.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At the club’s training ground in the Valdebebas district of the Spanish capital, both coaching staff and team-mates value the fact Ceballos can bring a style of play that is not so characteristic of the club’s other midfielders, more based on linking play.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the attacker re-aggravated his hamstring at the club’s training hub in Rush Green.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Picton Prince Edward County’s largest town, Picton, serves as a central hub for shops, galleries, and accommodations, including The Royal hotel and Slickers County Ice Cream.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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