plaza

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Recent Examples of plaza Also added were separate two-way cycle tracks leading to BART entrances from Acton and Sacramento streets and two new bike lockers in the plaza, among other improvements. Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 Locals filled the restaurants that line the plaza. Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025 The loans will finance the construction of 721 market-rate apartments and townhomes in four buildings, alongside a central plaza and 75,000 square feet of retail space. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 Zuriguel is now exploring the handful of pressure waves that ripple through this crowd where people push against each other from the back of the plaza to the front. Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plaza
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Noun
  • At the ticket window, the rink gives out a list of local businesses that includes Gabello Salon, Bumble Bear Coffee and, just off the square, Beach Hut Deli.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Music lovers should head to see the Bluegrass Band art piece in East Bend, and the square in Yadkinville featuring Carolina Pines is particularly lovely.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • From the central atrium, the Grand Staircase -- a six-story ascent lined with around 60 monumental artifacts including statues, sarcophagi, columns and stelae -- culminates in a view of Giza's three famous pyramids.
    Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The museum experience begins, however, in a soaring atrium, where a 36-foot-tall statue of Ramesses II stands solemnly on guard.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a body on a gas station forecourt.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • It is located in front of the forecourt of the cathedral, which was a common layout at the time.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With its numerous terraces and hanging gardens, the house flows organically down the slope to the scenic Pittwater waterway, creating a perfect harmony with the surrounding mature trees and natural shrubbery.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Variety first met Miñarro around 1994 at a dinner organized by Catalan Films on a Barcelona terrace overlooking the Mediterranean.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • With its intricate tiles, massive dome, and sweeping view of the city from its courtyard, Suleymaniye is a gem among Istanbul's imperial mosques.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Qianlong took a page from the design of private gardens in southern China to make the layout more compact, and divided the site into four connected courtyards, two of which are currently open to the public, from south to north.
    Fred He, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaza. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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