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esplanade

[es-pluh-nahd, -nayd, es-pluh-nahd, -nayd] / ˈɛs pləˌnɑd, -ˌneɪd, ˌɛs pləˈnɑd, -ˈneɪd /
NOUN
promenade
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Migrants were put on buses and taken to reception centres for police processing, while cleaning crews moved in to clear the esplanade and beach.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

There are also plans to redesign the esplanade, and to create a museum in the neighbouring Hôtel-Dieu hospital.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024

The esplanade will be refurbished; visitors will no longer have to line up for tickets outside; and the permanent collections will be rearranged and rehung.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

A few days after the meeting on the esplanade, I took my courage into my hands and went to see Father at his office.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

For one hour either side of high water, very minor impact flooding is expected to affect some seafront roads, esplanades and car parks across the island.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024

Throughout the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Universal Expositions on this site produced extraordinary, short-lived cities consisting of pavilions, palaces, houses, monuments, fountains, bridges, paths, and grand esplanades.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

On a recent day, numerous motorcycle taxis were parked on one of the esplanades outside the basilica.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

Construction has already begun on a $20 billion project to build raised parks, esplanades and barriers along Lower Manhattan.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022

The three walked in the dark across the esplanades of the ancient city, along the walls of the Acropolis.

From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez


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