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Recent Examples of plaza
In Caracas Thursday morning, a couple hundred people gathered at a public plaza including ruling party supporters, state employees and civilian militia members.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Per the budget document, more than $47 million will go to infrastructure, including $18 million for plaza level waterproofing, $6 million for garage repairs and subgrade waterproofing and $14 million for the terrace level overhang and roof.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
While mostly making these bulk purchases at local wholesalers, at least one suspicious purchase was made just three doors down at Big Mania Meat Market — located in the same shopping plaza just a few doors down from El Primo, according to an affidavit from a special agent with the USDA.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The City of Woodstock has recently begun its pedestrian plaza project downtown on Elm Street, and officials are calling it transformational.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Per the budget document, more than $47 million will go to infrastructure, including $18 million for plaza level waterproofing, $6 million for garage repairs and subgrade waterproofing and $14 million for the terrace level overhang and roof.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
While mostly making these bulk purchases at local wholesalers, at least one suspicious purchase was made just three doors down at Big Mania Meat Market — located in the same shopping plaza just a few doors down from El Primo, according to an affidavit from a special agent with the USDA.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The City of Woodstock has recently begun its pedestrian plaza project downtown on Elm Street, and officials are calling it transformational.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaza
Noun
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Bauers clearly hit the base square in the middle, and the call was quickly overturned, leading to laughs from both managers, the Rays’ Kevin Cash and the Brewers’ Pat Murphy.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Your 12th House of Solitude and your 9th House of Curiosity are in conflict under today’s Moon-Jupiter square, potentially pressing pause on upcoming plans.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Nearly half that has already gone into the atrium’s food hall and The Center’s four entrances.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Nodding to the ‘90s, these oval shades are the perfect pair to throw in your purse and pull out when Paris has one of those beautifully sunny days that practically beg for an entire afternoon sunbathing on a café terrace with a glass of rosé in hand.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
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Its southern counterpart, meanwhile, will be a little taller at 889 ft (270 m), with mixed-use residential space and another rooftop terrace.—
Adam Williams
April 03,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the palace, members of the royal family stood in the courtyard to greet Leo, the women dressed in black and with lace head coverings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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At the palace, members of the royal family stood in the courtyard waiting for Leo, the women dressed in black and with lace head coverings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaza. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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