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a
: a public square in a city or town
b
: an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops
2
: a place on a thoroughfare (such as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)
3
: an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (such as a restaurant, gas station, and restrooms)
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Examples of plaza in a Sentence
They put his statue in the town's plaza.
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Also part of the development is new public space offering pedestrian plazas and the High Line — Moynihan Connector, which links Manhattan West to the popular elevated park built on a historic freight line.
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Outside, there's landscaped green space, an outdoor classroom and multiple plazas.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Commemorative bricks will be sold for $125, which includes engraving with the name and service of a veteran for installation in the plaza, and other merchandise will be sold.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
London’s massive, middle-class Barbican Estate, completed in 1982, created a small city within the city, replete with plazas, a waterway and iconic concrete and brick buildings.
—Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Outside, there's landscaped green space, an outdoor classroom and multiple plazas.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Commemorative bricks will be sold for $125, which includes engraving with the name and service of a veteran for installation in the plaza, and other merchandise will be sold.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
London’s massive, middle-class Barbican Estate, completed in 1982, created a small city within the city, replete with plazas, a waterway and iconic concrete and brick buildings.
—Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plaza
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaza. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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