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playground

[pley-ground] / ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd /
NOUN
recreation area
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You followed it religiously at home, collected all the stickers in the album, fell in love with a player and pretended to be them on the school playground.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Did the screenwriters toss around a dozen other playground games — killer dodgeball, killer cornhole, killer freeze tag — before sticking with the same hide-and-seek set-up?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In Trinity Lutheran, a Missouri religious group wanted to take advantage of a state grant for its playground flooring.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

But others seemed to relish the predicament now facing Bailey and tens of thousands of fellow Britons residing in what many saw as a responsibility-free playground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I run over to it, climb up, and look over the playground wall.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari