plaza

Example Sentences

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At their point of contact, a large triangular slice of the addition is cut away, exposing the sides of the boxes and creating a street-level plaza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In the central plaza you’ll see swaths of handwoven fabric draped like canopies over the cobbled streets — splashes of pink, blue, yellow and green offering welcome shade from the afternoon heat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The justices don’t care what you’re doing out there on the plaza; they are just brains in a vat.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

The others agreed, and, with Constance riding piggyback, they left the rock garden and walked across the empty plaza.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart