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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)
4
Examples of plaza in a Sentence
They put his statue in the town's plaza.
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Panic erupted in the plaza as spectators sprinted from the outdoor campus center.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The plaza is a part of the large Minnesota 2040 plan, a project to make the Capitol Mall more accessible to all residents.
—Maya Bell, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, the plaza was hectic with hawkers; a Burger King and a store called Cannabis Shop were in view.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The losing bidder for a contract to run the state’s 18 highway service plazas says that recently released text exchanges show that the decision to award a 35-year lease to a foreign company was tainted by glaring conflicts of interest.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The plaza is a part of the large Minnesota 2040 plan, a project to make the Capitol Mall more accessible to all residents.
—Maya Bell, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, the plaza was hectic with hawkers; a Burger King and a store called Cannabis Shop were in view.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The losing bidder for a contract to run the state’s 18 highway service plazas says that recently released text exchanges show that the decision to award a 35-year lease to a foreign company was tainted by glaring conflicts of interest.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 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 22 Sep. 2025.
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