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arcade

[ahr-keyd] / ɑrˈkeɪd /


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Plus, arcade tokens tend to be cheaper than tickets for a concert or sports match.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

We went to this arcade bar called Neon Retro.

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

I felt like a kid standing in the world’s greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play.

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

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

Couple the gamification of everything from languages to health with Americans’ fascination with collectibles, and it was only a matter of time before claw-machine arcades took off in the U.S., retail experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

Dance Dance Revolution is a Japanese video game series which was first released to arcades in 1998.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

The air on the way to Madame Ruelles bakery smells of myrtle and magnolia and verbena; wisteria vines erupt in blossom; everywhere hang arcades and curtains and pendants of flowers.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

History and Coffee During the Roman era, some 20,000 spectators would fill the stone seats of the arcaded amphitheater in what is now Piazza Sant’Oronzo.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 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

An arcaded building in the classical style erected by Napoleon in 1810 connects the western extremities of the two Procuratie.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins

Of the original organ the loft only remains, the Gothic balustrading of which is pierced with Flamboyant arcading.

From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various

The arcading above the windows of the south aisle, with its banded Early English shafts, is another beautiful feature here.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

The front is in three stages; the lowest stage contains the three doorways, and is surmounted by a very elaborate arcading filled with statues of kings.

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

The tone also of the nave arcading and clerestory rebuilt in recent years, of warm, rose-coloured sandstone, is very lovely.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Rev. Thomas Perkins

In this case the arcading has been altered to accommodate this obviously later addition, made probably in the early part of the fifteenth century.

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




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