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plaza

[plah-zuh, plaz-uh] / ˈplɑ zə, ˈplæz ə /
NOUN
central location, spot
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In Aberdeen, the building that used to house BHS - a department store shuttered in 2016 - is being converted into an entrance plaza for the new food and drink market.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Konca has ties to a medical office at the same plaza, the records show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

From the vendor selling paletas in the plaza to guests at a five-star hotel, she is instantly recognized and surrounded by people seeking selfies and hugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

They’d been unable to send one the night before—a night crew of Helpers had been working on the plaza, filling cracks and replacing broken stones.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Just a few miles away at LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries, visitors can enter the plazas beneath that building without first passing through security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The plan includes 25 acres of publicly accessible open space that supports uses such as parks, plazas, walking and biking trails, recreation centers and picnic areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

Now, families and fitness buffs fill up well-lit public plazas at night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

She remembers the summer vacation she spent crisscrossing the island with her father, stopping in the plazas and main streets of every town and village from here to Guantanamo.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García


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