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Recent Examples of plaza
Comprising a group of large-scale photos of the members of the women’s basketball team the New York Liberty, the work was installed on the Barclays Center plaza.
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News Desk, Artforum, 3 Apr. 2026
Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Four causeways in the cardinal directions connect the mainland to a central plaza, which contains two sacrificial temples.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
Two Layouts, Zero Decisions The plaza will feature vertical illuminated plaques honoring Wall of Fame members and Western New York history, with additional space to dedicate names inside the stadium itself.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
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News Desk, Artforum, 3 Apr. 2026
Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Four causeways in the cardinal directions connect the mainland to a central plaza, which contains two sacrificial temples.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
Two Layouts, Zero Decisions The plaza will feature vertical illuminated plaques honoring Wall of Fame members and Western New York history, with additional space to dedicate names inside the stadium itself.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 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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Rooms are in muted tones of grey, green, and dusky blue, and even the smallest have plenty of space with king-size beds and a table and chairs—the city views are more interesting, but the ones overlooking the courtyard have dinky Juliette balconies as a consolation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Residents were gathered in a courtyard for a festive holiday party.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaza. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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