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plaza

[plah-zuh, plaz-uh] / ˈplɑ zə, ˈplæz ə /
NOUN
central location, spot
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The crowd was small enough and social enough to squeeze into a group portrait in the plaza in front of the Hermosa Pier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Visitors without tickets, Fowler added, are still able to enter the plaza, as well as the museum’s cafe and gift shop, after passing through security, “pending capacity limits.”

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

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

It was the same girl who had abandoned Rhonda Kazembe on the plaza.

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

The walkways will be interspersed with plazas, small parks and exercise stations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

All is organized rather classically, with human-scaled plazas and passages punctuated by quirky campaniles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

I thought about all the bronze statues in the parks, plazas, and buildings of New York.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan


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