Thesaurus results for VENUES

venues

noun

plural of venue

as in platforms

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 locations

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 venues The plans also call for housing, retail, office space, a hotel, public open space and entertainment venues. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026 During the latest season, attendees were given cooling accessories including umbrellas and fans, though individual houses were left to make their own decisions about venues and outdoor shows. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 Pattaya’s infrastructure of go-go clubs and other entertainment venues was then marketed to travelers arriving in greater numbers due to cheaper air travel and a boom in package tours. — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Most of the offenders, too, appear to be delis and bodegas and fast-casual food carts, venues where quality is secondary to moving product quickly and cheaply out the door. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 She has been published in the New York Times and the Atlantic, among other venues. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 Sponsors — title, regional, and local — cover the costs of the venues when applicable, as well as our travel and accommodations, plus the labor involved in putting on a tour. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026 Garth Brooks, known for selling out massive venues such Camping World Stadium with 70,000 fans in 2022, is hitting the road to play in the arenas that first saw the country star’s rise to fame. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026 EverPass provides commercial venues with access to programming from English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NWSL, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, MLS, Formula 1, college football and basketball. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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Noun

According to The New York Times, Meta and other tech companies, including YouTube, TikTok, and Snap, have thousands of cases open across multiple states that allege the platforms are addictive for children.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 2 Sep. 2026
Its higher energy storage allows platforms to power onboard equipment for longer, including when their engines are switched off.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of platforms

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The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
The iconic retail brand is down to five locations in the United States.

— Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of locations

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The system should be programmed to actively penalize source monopolies, forcing the engine to scrape a healthy mix of technical journalism, independent community forums (like Reddit threads), and video transcripts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Overall, her exhibition concepts were a big part of strengthening the company’s international ties and expanding its visibility across major logistics and transportation forums.

— Connie Etemadi, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of forums

Noun

But, Pace says, those successes also should raise questions among policymakers about whether and why a civil government agency such as NASA needs to operate launch sites in the first place.

— Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
Along its two miles are 17 significant sites; public squares shaded by flame trees; and a pedestrian bridge that reconnects Muharraq with its original shoreline, which has been mostly lost to development.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sites

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Bandurski said his team saw the same pattern in other commercial Chinese media outlets.

— Jennifer Pak, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Multiple outlets previously reported that, in addition to living in a multi-million-dollar home in England, the Sussexes are also keeping their Montecito and Portugal mansions.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of outlets

Noun

In her 2015 memoir, Steinem recounts her dynamic, nomadic career as a writer and activist, and pays vivid homage to the people, places, and conversations that shaped her.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The home country is hostile, literally and culturally, so the characters often turn to America and England, places that are marginally safer but only just.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of places

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