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esplanade

[es-pluh-nahd, -nayd, es-pluh-nahd, -nayd] / ˈɛs pləˌnɑd, -ˌneɪd, ˌɛs pləˈnɑd, -ˈneɪd /
NOUN
promenade
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Like many Havana residents who live near the Malecon, a coastal esplanade and seawall in the capital, Gonzalez was out trying to catch a bit of air.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

The hearing was told that a parked pop-top caravan meant the two men could not see what was on the road as they walked along part of the esplanade.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

They’ve set up hundreds of tents on the main esplanade.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

A few days after the meeting on the esplanade, I took my courage into my hands and went to see Father at his office.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

For one hour either side of high water, very minor impact flooding is expected to affect some seafront roads, esplanades and car parks across the island.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024

Throughout the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Universal Expositions on this site produced extraordinary, short-lived cities consisting of pavilions, palaces, houses, monuments, fountains, bridges, paths, and grand esplanades.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

On a recent day, numerous motorcycle taxis were parked on one of the esplanades outside the basilica.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

Construction has already begun on a $20 billion project to build raised parks, esplanades and barriers along Lower Manhattan.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022

Additional space was given by the wide esplanades in front of the doors, and by the flat roofs, upon which sleep was often more successfully wooed than in the rooms below.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong




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