swing set

noun

US
: a wooden or metal structure that has swings hanging from it and that may have a slide or other things attached to it for children to play on

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Parents might not notice, or be slow to respond to, an accident in say, a bouncy castle or swing set. Taylor Grothe, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025 Ventura County sheriff’s deputies arrived and spotted the cougar resting under a swing set in the backyard, the department said on Facebook. Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025 One week, his team went to a home on a cul-de-sac with two kids and a swing set — the kind of place families take their children trick-or-treating. Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2024 In a third photo on her Instagram Stories, Heather showed Brayden, 9, — who Tarek shares with his ex-wife Christina Haack — on a swing set with Tristan and other family members. Natasha Dye, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024 And while there are many images of childhood (dinosaurs, mud, dragonflies, a swing set and a trampoline) reminiscent of, say, Christopher Robin, the song may be about co-writer Aaron Dessner's son Robin. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024 My parents bought us an old swing set with a slide way back when (this was before plastic swing sets were invented). Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024 Who doesn’t like a swing set and a good spiral slide? Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024 Earlier in the day, the model mom had posted a cute video on her Instagram Stories showing Khai as playing on a swing set at the park. Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024

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“Swing set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swing%20set. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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