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as in platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information a cable show might be the perfect venue for your opinions about local politics

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as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something the historic library is a perfect venue for the series of poetry readings

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Recent Examples of venue Located outside the venue at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, Ritz's The Salty Club is offering fans the chance to enjoy one of Bad Bunny’s favorite snacks with the ultimate salty experience. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Spanish-language tours in theater-sized venues are very rare in the U.S. market; most have targeted smaller Latin markets, but Redondo hasn’t limited himself in this way. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025 Palacio de los Deportes, the venue at which Maluma performed, does not appear to have specific rules regarding children. Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025 Fans were already excited to hear My Chemical Romance’s magnum opus live, but the feeling was compounded by the band’s homecoming to New Jersey in the state’s largest venue. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for venue
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Noun
  • Making lateral moves work requires more than a platform.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • According to the video platform, those eligible to apply for the relief funds include not only YouTube creators but also editors, writers and other industry professionals who work in the broader entertainment industry.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Rain bands in Erin's expanding quadrants raked Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday night, with heavy rain and tropical storm force wind gusts of 40 - 50 mph, prompting flash flood warnings in some locations.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Lassiter-Barber was pronounced dead at the location of the incident.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The new maps were approved by a split vote about two months later, after a series of public forums around the county.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Apart from content curation, OTAs can foster online traveler communities and traveler forums.
    Sanjay Ghare, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Come spring and summer, those same doors roll up to the ceiling, transforming Gabbiano’s into an open-air gathering place where the boundary between indoors and out all but disappears.
    Chelsea Frank, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Fold your blankets, stack books your and magazines, and basically tidy up the place to reset your home every night.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The site, which is where SpaceX has been conducting routine flight tests of its 400-foot megarocket known as Starship, was recently voted by residents to become its own city.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Rep had moved its scenic and paint shops to the Wauwatosa site in part to make room for the education center.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Venue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venue. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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