How to Use plaza in a Sentence

plaza

noun
Definition of plazanext
Synonyms for plazanext
  • They put his statue in the town's plaza.
  • The tour starts at 10:30 a.m. in The Beast entry plaza.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The plaza was first carved out as a public space in 2012.
    — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Aztec dancers practiced in the plaza throughout the years as most of the busts looked on.
    — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The draft will occur in the plaza outside of Union Station.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The mosque was built on the southern part of the plaza in the early 8th century A.D.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 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 part of the arts corridor with the civic plaza will be known as the Upper Ramble.
    — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 22 July 2024
  • 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
  • The new location is at the western end of the plaza, a former bank space.
    — cleveland, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Also, note free dance lessons will be offered on the plaza on Aug. 16.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
  • 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 only wrench in the plan has been trying to get permits to put up the big screen and set up the outdoor plaza.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • So last year, the five blocks of open streets on 31st Avenue were reduced to two, and the area became more of a plaza.
    — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In June, the BBJ reported the restaurant group leased 4,860 square feet of space in the retail plaza.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The new sculpture, which is about half the size of the Chicago version, has not been placed in a public plaza.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The statue is the centerpiece of a new $1.6 million plaza.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The late Noguchi also designed the plaza's pièce de résistance: the iconic Dodge Fountain.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza.
    — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Overhead doors open onto a stone plaza on one side and glass doors lead to a 2,500-square-foot deck on the other.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2024
  • There’s also a statue of him as a 15-year-old pitcher in the entry plaza in front of the ballpark.
    — Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • The ground floor Forest Terrace contains a cascading water plaza and lots of trees.
    — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024

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