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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

"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

When the match clock ran out and Mexico held on to its single-goal lead, the plaza exploded into cheers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

They were arranged in a rough U shape around the broad stone plaza and were connected by stone walkways and stone steps.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Camps for families left homeless have sprung up in stadiums, plazas and on sidewalks.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 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

Well-lit public plazas fill up with families looking for cheap entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

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

As with Gothic churches, which had plazas for the outdoor performance of sacred mystery plays, the mounds had greens before them: ritual spaces for public use.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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