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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
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: 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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The central plaza, Pueblo Esperanza, will also house one of Disney World's biggest quick-service restaurants — a larger than life hacienda.
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Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Plans also include retail, offices, apartments, a parking structure and an outdoor plaza.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
Today in Little Haiti, a seven‑foot bronze statue of Toussaint Louverture, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, stands in a small plaza known as the City of Miami Freedom Garden.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
An estimated 7,000 people filled the open plaza near City Hall, where speakers addressed the crowd from a PA system set up near the Triumph of the Human Spirit fountain.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Plans also include retail, offices, apartments, a parking structure and an outdoor plaza.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
Today in Little Haiti, a seven‑foot bronze statue of Toussaint Louverture, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, stands in a small plaza known as the City of Miami Freedom Garden.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
An estimated 7,000 people filled the open plaza near City Hall, where speakers addressed the crowd from a PA system set up near the Triumph of the Human Spirit fountain.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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 2 Feb. 2026.
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