How to Use plaza in a Sentence

plaza

noun
Definition of plazanext
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  • They put his statue in the town's plaza.
  • The plaza was first carved out as a public space in 2012.
    — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The draft will occur in the plaza outside of Union Station.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Tokyo Foods and Uncle Yip's are next-door to each other in the same plaza.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Faith Pinho: The house is across the street from a shopping plaza and a nightclub.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The next morning, the first camera crews were staking out their spots in the grassy plaza across the street from City Hall.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Just northeast of the plaza is a hilltop park with a cross that gets some of the best sunset views in town.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Others danced to music or ran across the plaza to hug a friend who just showed up.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Over the years, the plaza became home to a weekend farmers market.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • So the plaza charged ahead, scheduling nine events through late March.
    — James Wagner Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The Forum gaped at you, a faux Hellenic garage opening on a bleached plaza.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Head to the park's main plaza to watch break dancers, musicians, and quinceñeras collide.
    — Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • Where are the test seats? Replica seats that work the same way as the ones on the ride are on the plaza as visitors approach the ride building.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • All of which explains why the plaza of Tijuana is paved in blood and treasure.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Some of those features include a clover bowl, a snake run with depths ranging from three to 10 feet, a ¾ pipe, and a large street plaza.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The central plaza has tables for ping pong, chess and checkers, along with bocce courts.
    — The Enquirer, 13 June 2023
  • In good weather, crowds strolled its green parks, shopped in a suburban-style mall and hung out in a plaza at the foot of an ancient citadel.
    — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The notices say that filming will not take place at the plaza Sunday, which is the day a large homeless meal takes place every week.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Built in 1983, the office towers surround a large entrance plaza.
    — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The park will include a playground, picnic shelter, plaza and open space.
    — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Like a piece of art on the wall or in a plaza made by a lot of different people coming together.
    — John Wogan Carmen Winant, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Kelly left the plaza later in 2017 to assume the role of head chef at the prestigious Atlanta's Town and Country Club.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Work on the trail would have to wait until construction begins on the civic plaza of the arts corridor, known as the Ramble.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The plaza contains the oldest brick building in New Mexico and the courthouse in which Billy the Kid was sentenced to hang.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
  • On the plaza, known as the Deer District, a line of television reporters prepared for live broadcasts.
    — Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
  • While taking in all of the design newness, be sure to take notice of the vibrant street style scene happening amongst the plaza.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The plaza has spaces for single physician or group practices.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 July 2023
  • In the plaza afterward, the audience enjoyed a nice summer’s night with food vendors and a jazz band.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The first floor has a public plaza and coffee shop, the second a dining hall with outdoor seating, and the third a gym and childcare center.
    — Anna Kramer, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The excavation at the plaza has finished, and the paving stones will be put back in place, officials wrote in a Facebook comment.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024

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