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a
: a public square in a city or town
b
: an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops
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: a place on a thoroughfare (such as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)
3
: an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (such as a restaurant, gas station, and restrooms)
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Examples of plaza in a Sentence
They put his statue in the town's plaza.
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Like Disney's parks, the lands are accessible from a central plaza which is found at the end of a street stretching from the entrance.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Its location in a small shopping plaza along U.S. 31, the county’s major highway, makes the market convenient to hundreds of workers who commute between Benzie County and Traverse City, the region’s largest city and business center.
—Keith Schneider, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Construction has brought a new Din Tai Fung restaurant, Parkside Market food hall, D-Lander Shop and Avengers Reserve shops and westside security plaza to the bulldozed area with a new Earl of Sandwich location still in the works.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2025
When Golden 1 Center opened as the Kings’ new home arena in 2016, the old plaza was revived and reborn as the now-vibrant Downtown Commons.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Its location in a small shopping plaza along U.S. 31, the county’s major highway, makes the market convenient to hundreds of workers who commute between Benzie County and Traverse City, the region’s largest city and business center.
—Keith Schneider, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Construction has brought a new Din Tai Fung restaurant, Parkside Market food hall, D-Lander Shop and Avengers Reserve shops and westside security plaza to the bulldozed area with a new Earl of Sandwich location still in the works.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2025
When Golden 1 Center opened as the Kings’ new home arena in 2016, the old plaza was revived and reborn as the now-vibrant Downtown Commons.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Plaza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaza. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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