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terrace

[ter-uhs] / ˈtɛr əs /


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I step off the restaurant’s orderly little terrace and make a slow serpentine path past makeshift dinner parties.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

From above, an outdoor terrace is outfitted especially for hosting recruits or other luminaries, complete, for the time being, with basketball courts and pickleball.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Standing next to the restaurant's summer terrace I spot signs of what happened here.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

AFP saw walkways, sun loungers and a restaurant terrace at the hotel deserted.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

They choked the terrace, they sprawled about the paths, they leant, vulgar and lanky, against the very windows of the house.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Whether made with Aperol, Campari or Sarti, the spritz has rapidly established itself on terraces across Europe -- with Italy's Campari Group now hoping to conquer the heart of America.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

The sprawling compound comes with a detached three-bedroom guesthouse, an office with an apartment above the garage, and expansive terraces.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Although not written as a football song, Noel has spoken of the influence of his time spent on the terraces at the old Maine Road watching Manchester City on his songwriting, Robb recalls.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

Halls and galleries drifted past: graceful buttresses, delicate arches, fluted columns, terraces and bowers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The famous work of art, which portrays two figures running along a terraced street, can be seen at the National Museum in Cardiff.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Nelson said the couple had just rewatched the series before seeing the three bedroom terraced house had been listed for sale online earlier this year.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Filled with eccentric decorative touches that mirrored Simmons’ vibrant public persona, the property features everything from staircase cherubs and boldly patterned wallpaper to curved French doors, terraced gardens, and a key-shaped swimming pool.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

He reached the end of the hall, descended the stairs, and stepped outside, onto what had once been a terraced path, garden-enclosed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The official capacity was just more than 31,000, although three-quarters of the ground was terracing.

From BBC May 23, 2024

A different report discussed terracing the river upstream from that spot — changing the sloped shape of the sides into steps, “and in those steps, you might insert areas for landscaping to grow,” Weintraub said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2024

A unique feature of their farming was a method of terracing the hillsides on the southern slopes of the large sandstone plateau to prevent soil erosion.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The upper-tier will become outdoor terracing for new homes.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2022

The principal reason for its success was its innovative techniques of terracing and irrigation, the latter being used to implement the former.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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