Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showplaces
Noun
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Starting more than a decade ago, Griffin has spent four hundred and fifty million dollars to buy the land and level a few incumbent mansions, one of which was eighteen thousand square feet.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026 -
The 35-room Villa Miraé is a much-welcome exception that mirrors the peninsula’s tony mansions with its elegant take on the Riviera’s pastel Provençal architecture.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Families can choose suites accommodating up to five people (some with swim-up access) or two-bedroom villas with private pools and butler service for up to six.—
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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There are vertiginous views in Dubai and calm desert minimalism in Utah, where villas are sculpted into otherworldly canyons.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
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One of England’s great private castles, home to the Dent-Brocklehurst family since the 1830s, Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Between Christmas towns, kids can splash around in the small indoor pool or patrol the top deck for Elsa-worthy castles lining the banks of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Importantly, there is little evidence today that organizations can simply add AI to existing technology estates and naturally evolve into these agentic environments.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.—
Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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What were manor houses, exactly?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Gojko Culibrk Cellphone videos captured thatch-roof structures engulfed in fast-spreading flames across the beachside resort.—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Dual class share structures at Alphabet and Meta have been justified on precisely these grounds, and Musk has argued that the listing’s design will protect SpaceX’s long-term vision from activist pressure for more immediate profits.—
Mary Johnstone-Louis,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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“Showplaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showplaces. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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