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plaza

[plah-zuh, plaz-uh] / ˈplɑ zə, ˈplæz ə /
NOUN
central location, spot
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The address then shifted to a box in a suburban Atlanta shopping plaza, but other customers’ mail was returned.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Price’s rendition of “De Colores” sounds and feels like you’re standing in a sun-drenched plaza.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

The plaza leading to the entrance used by Jewish visitors is clean and orderly and, until recently, included a restaurant called the "Settlers' Cafe".

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

"We're all pretty frustrated because the government is not showing what it should – a serious display of help," she says in a plaza just a block away from two collapsed buildings.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The plaza was a favorite spot of his.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Camps for families left homeless have sprung up in stadiums, plazas and on sidewalks in La Guaira as well as nearby Caracas.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

These works reveal the evolution of Noguchi’s designs for furniture, kimonos, theatrical productions, plazas, gardens and his unrealized “Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

As news of his seizure rippled out, exiled Venezuelans waved flags and celebrated in plazas from Madrid to Santiago.

From Barron's Jan. 4, 2026

The vision emerging now, Nabholz says, is an office laid out more like a city of neighborhoods centered on plazas.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

They’re the most elaborate ones I’ve done yet: divided thoroughfares, alleys, cul de sacs, tunnels, toll plazas, and traffic circles.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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