the terraces
plural noun
British
: a section of a stadium with wide steps where people stand to watch soccer matches
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This seamless interaction between architecture and nature transforms the terraces into communal gathering points.
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New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
The three-bedroom main house has three wood-burning fireplaces, a chef's kitchen, a living room with vaulted, beamed ceilings, and French doors opening on the terraces.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
One of the terraces is featured off the main living area on the second level, where living room, kitchen, and dining room spaces co-exist in a single space.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
There is the unfortunate possibility that the terraces will be barren, but cheap ticket prices should hopefully reel in the fans.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Youngsters took the sun and air on the terraces, apparently in all seasons, with some good results, until the invention of drug therapies for TB in the 1940s obviated the need for heliotropic hospitals.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
Its ceilings and walls bore Moorish frescoes and Spanish tiles lined the terraces.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
Young soccer fans began wearing them on the terraces in the UK, partly inspired by David Bowie donning the sneaker in the late ‘70s.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 11 July 2024
Drinking alcohol in the terraces isn’t something that is widely done in world soccer.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 25 June 2024
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New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
The three-bedroom main house has three wood-burning fireplaces, a chef's kitchen, a living room with vaulted, beamed ceilings, and French doors opening on the terraces.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
One of the terraces is featured off the main living area on the second level, where living room, kitchen, and dining room spaces co-exist in a single space.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
There is the unfortunate possibility that the terraces will be barren, but cheap ticket prices should hopefully reel in the fans.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Youngsters took the sun and air on the terraces, apparently in all seasons, with some good results, until the invention of drug therapies for TB in the 1940s obviated the need for heliotropic hospitals.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
Its ceilings and walls bore Moorish frescoes and Spanish tiles lined the terraces.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
Young soccer fans began wearing them on the terraces in the UK, partly inspired by David Bowie donning the sneaker in the late ‘70s.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 11 July 2024
Drinking alcohol in the terraces isn’t something that is widely done in world soccer.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 25 June 2024
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