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amusement park
noun
plural amusement parks
: a commercially operated park having various devices for entertainment (such as a merry-go-round and roller coaster) and usually booths for the sale of food and drink
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The Hughes Fire grows near Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park and the community of Santa Clarita on January 22, 2025, in Castaic, California.
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Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
The 21-acre amusement park under construction next to the race track was originally set to open in 2022, but has been pushed back to 2025.
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
Lovers of Pop art lovers and amusement parks have the best of both worlds with The Shed’s reincarnation of the avant-garde carnival that opened in Hamburg, Germany in 1987.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
The concept was created in 2006 in Belgium when a communications agency joined forces with an amusement park installation company and used a crane to hoist a table, diners and waitstaff 150-feet up in the air.
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Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Amusement park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amusement%20park. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
amusement park
noun
: a park with many rides (as a roller coaster or merry-go-round) and games for entertainment
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