as in yards
the area around and belonging to a building
the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park
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Recent Examples of parks
Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
For those who enjoy the outdoors, nearby Bukhansan National Park offers scenic hiking trails, while the Han River provides bike paths, parks, and river cruises.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
The handouts are intended to be distributed in recreational areas such as parks, nature preserves and hiking trails.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Restaurants, shops, and parks — lots of old weirdos hanging around.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Assistant Mayor Jodi Pfarr is working with Parks and Rec and libraries, but when there was ICE staging in our parks and rec lots, there was a lot of coordination between the different assistant mayors.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
The requirement to add wheels adds costs and can limit where these homes are allowed, often confining them to mobile home parks under local zoning rules.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
At full buildout, the development is expected to include more than 1,250 residential units, roughly 200,000 square feet of retail space, a 100-key boutique hotel and a network of new parks and shaded sidewalks to support outdoor dining and events.
—Alexandria Mansfield, Florida Times-Union, 26 Jan. 2026
As of this writing, 291 parks were closed, though not all are due specifically to Winter Storm Fern.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 26 Jan. 2026
Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
The area, roughly 35 square miles, is mostly residential, with parks, access to the Little Miami River and a small-town feel.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
For those who enjoy the outdoors, nearby Bukhansan National Park offers scenic hiking trails, while the Han River provides bike paths, parks, and river cruises.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
The handouts are intended to be distributed in recreational areas such as parks, nature preserves and hiking trails.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Restaurants, shops, and parks — lots of old weirdos hanging around.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Assistant Mayor Jodi Pfarr is working with Parks and Rec and libraries, but when there was ICE staging in our parks and rec lots, there was a lot of coordination between the different assistant mayors.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
The requirement to add wheels adds costs and can limit where these homes are allowed, often confining them to mobile home parks under local zoning rules.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
At full buildout, the development is expected to include more than 1,250 residential units, roughly 200,000 square feet of retail space, a 100-key boutique hotel and a network of new parks and shaded sidewalks to support outdoor dining and events.
—Alexandria Mansfield, Florida Times-Union, 26 Jan. 2026
As of this writing, 291 parks were closed, though not all are due specifically to Winter Storm Fern.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Busch Gardens, SeaWorld and Sesame Place parks The following United Parks & Resorts theme parks have a zero-change fee policy for guests wanting to reschedule park visits.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parks
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Most people at the meeting, held over Microsoft Teams, expressed excitement at the potential for conservation in an area stretching from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance, plus 200 yards inland.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny’s sum of 98 million misses being his biggest streaming day ever by a hair (or in football terms, a few yards, or even inches).—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2026
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Saturn also stations direct in Pisces this week in your sector of higher education and long-term vision.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
23 Nov. 2025
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For a help defender to draw a charge, he must be set when the offensive player plants his foot to go airborne.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Ma crawls toward you and plants her palms on your cheeks.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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The British royal family's real estate portfolio includes plenty of palatial estates, but not all properties need be huge in order to retain symbolic—or sentimental—value.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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Primary Wave is one of the most-notable companies in the catalog acquisition space, having previously purchased catalogs from the likes of Stevie Nicks as well as the estates of Prince, Whitney Houston and Biggie Smalls.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Feb. 2026
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From her poetry and her Facebook page, Annie's specific interest is in Oracular writing, a form of divination script that positions the poet as a medium between humanity and the supernatural or non-human world.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The company now positions ULTRA Turbo as a cornerstone of its layered defense architecture.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the days after the Bondi Beach massacre – allegedly committed by a father and son who had embraced Islamic State ideology – the government announced sweeping new gun laws, tougher rules on hate speech, and stronger powers for the home affairs minister to cancel visas on character grounds.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Beyond the number of cillíní and burial sites uncovered, the practices surrounding these unconsecrated grounds reveal a complex emotional landscape marked by grief, shame, and trauma, according to the press release.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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Researchers documented ancient bubblegum coral gardens (Paragorgia arborea) at around 3,000 meters depth.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Love homes, gardens and design?—
Kelley Bruss,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Parks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parks. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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