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amphitheater

[am-fuh-thee-uh-ter, -theeuh-ter, am-puh-] / ˈæm fəˌθi ə tər, -ˌθiə tər, ˈæm pə- /
NOUN
arena
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There is also a garden dining patio and an amphitheater tucked into the lush property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Visiting the amphitheater where he was nearly killed, he says he has achieved something like closure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

What they’re really entering is a natural amphitheater, transformed by the Tour de France, into one of the greatest stadiums in sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The new amphitheater represents a years-long dream of Mayor Rex Richardson, who began championing an outdoor performance venue on the waterfront in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

I could make out an open-air market filled with colorful tents, a stone amphitheater built on one side of the mountain, a hippodrome and a coliseum on the other.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

More than 143 million tickets had been sold through mid-July, a record, with “mid-teens” sales gains across stadiums, arenas and amphitheaters, the company said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The case turned on claims that Live Nation bullied venues and artists, and kept prices high by shutting other ticketers out of key amphitheaters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

The company, which owns 56 of the United States’ highest-grossing amphitheaters, has to divest 13 of those stages, release them from their exclusive Ticketmaster contracts, and agree never to reacquire them.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

And Live Nation controls two-thirds of the top amphitheaters in the U.S., so divesting from 10 of them is probably not going to make the biggest difference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

They were accustomed in those days to have spectacles and shows in vast amphitheaters which were covered, when the sun was hot, with awnings.

From Nero Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott


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