forecourt
noun
fore·court
ˈfȯr-ˌkȯrt 
1
: an open court in front of a building
2
: the area near the net in a court game
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Visitors approaching the museum’s doors will pass under a canopy of silver birch trees installed in its forecourt.
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Down on the forecourt of Old Trafford, supporters queue for the club’s megastore, take photos of the stadium, grab some pre-match food or simply kill time before kick-off.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Following the vote, dozens of film and television workers gathered in the City Hall forecourt for a news conference celebrating the council’s action.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Down on the forecourt of Old Trafford, supporters queue for the club’s megastore, take photos of the stadium, grab some pre-match food or simply kill time before kick-off.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Following the vote, dozens of film and television workers gathered in the City Hall forecourt for a news conference celebrating the council’s action.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Forecourt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forecourt. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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