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plaza

[plah-zuh, plaz-uh] / ˈplɑ zə, ˈplæz ə /
NOUN
central location, spot
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Outside, on the museum’s East West Bank Plaza, 10 century-old olive trees are brimming with paper wishes from the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Outside the White House complex, fountains across the city are coming back to life after decades of neglect, from DuPont Circle to Freedom Plaza and Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Rachel Fordyce used to save money by parking at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walking through East Lawn Cemetery on her way to work at a Cornell University entomology lab.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

This April, a statue that had been removed in the state of Delaware in 2020 reappeared at Washington's central Freedom Plaza.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

When we’re ready to rest, we have tapas at one of the cafés on the Plaza de Santa Ana, next to a statue of the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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