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[ahr-keyd] / ɑrˈkeɪd /


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We might get some candy to really feel the arcade vibes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The idea of opening a vaccination clinic inside a town centre shopping arcade seemed odd to some of the staff when it was first suggested.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The company, he said, will open a "cultural, artistic, fashion, art, retail food experience" in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the ornate 19th century shopping arcade where the first Prada boutique opened in 1913.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

An arcade, arts-and-crafts studio or children’s museum is a natural location for a kid’s birthday party.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

As Annabeth got to her feet, Tyson started smashing at the monster heads with his fists so fast it reminded me of the whack-a-mole game at the arcade.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Far from the solemn pomp of the Vatican, nestled under the arcades of the mountain town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, a tailor clad all in black leaned over his sketch.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Games stocked with luxe toys and more are taking over arcades, and operators actually want customers to grab the goods—at least once or twice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Some 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, according to the Japan Amusement Industry Association.

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

The series has spawned dozens of spin-offs in arcades and many more across home consoles.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

Below its surface, Archaide housed thousands of classic video arcades, each one a loving re-creation of an actual arcade that had once existed somewhere in the real world.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

There she attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography, housed in an arcaded Renaissance monastery.

From New York Times Jul. 18, 2016

The chapel was very small with a domed, red-tiled roof and round arcaded windows.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2014

From arcaded passageways, the museums open onto a domed chapel and a peaceful courtyard with the new Charité Café and a general bookstore.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2013

There are two streets which are arcaded, where activities are limited, eg preventing the playing of radios or busking.

From The Guardian Jun. 17, 2012

On the morning after the arrival of Mr. Herriott's guests, breakfast had been served on the long, arcaded piazza, where stood three circular tables, each bright and fragrant from central piles of flowers and fruit.

From A Speckled Bird by Augusta J. Evans Wilson

Above both lower lights in this window is a renaissance arcading.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

The arcading in the remaining bay is similar, but angels' heads with wings take up the whole spandrel.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton

Both walls have an arcading of cinque-foil pattern; and the double piscina and the graduated sedilia are of no less merit.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

On one side of the lunette is a panel representing the Virgin kneeling beneath the open arcading of a temple, and on the opposite side a similar panel containing the Archangel Gabriel.

From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by George C. Williamson

Without further speech they turned into it, and rode on beneath the shadow of trees, whose branches, arcading over, hindered sight of the sun.

From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid




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