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In 2022, some of their neighbors won just 15 blocks away, successfully banning pickleball from a playground on Hudson.
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Bridget Read, Curbed, 14 Mar. 2025
Vegas has long been a culinary playground, and the glitzy setting scores the series some of its most high-profile judges, including Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and legendary French innovator Joël Robuchon.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
At their peak, these playgrounds were vibrant and often included numerous interactive elements designed to keep kids entertained.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Because underneath all the columns, rows, and formulas, Excel is a playground for productivity, and people should have fun with it.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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Bridget Read, Curbed, 14 Mar. 2025
Vegas has long been a culinary playground, and the glitzy setting scores the series some of its most high-profile judges, including Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and legendary French innovator Joël Robuchon.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
At their peak, these playgrounds were vibrant and often included numerous interactive elements designed to keep kids entertained.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Because underneath all the columns, rows, and formulas, Excel is a playground for productivity, and people should have fun with it.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
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Germany, for example, which is Europe’s largest economy, with a nominal GDP of $4.4 trillion, continued to be a hotbed of faxing, both analogue and online.—
Tamsin Gable,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Romania has also been a hotbed of sociopolitical protests.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: Over the next six months, Movieland will roll out bigger chairs, bigger screens, an in-house playland and enhanced dining options, the theater announced this week.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
12 Dec. 2024
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Think of it as a private playland: There’s a flotilla of water toys, including e-foils and a captained, 42-foot yacht on call, plus a concierge ready to wrangle a tee time at the Arnold Palmer Ocean Course next door.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
13 June 2024
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The convention hall was a hive of content generation, of the most disposable, empty-caloried kind: hours and hours of Crazy Puffs.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Topical use of avocado pit tincture could lead to skin irritation or hives, especially for people with a latex allergy.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Close proximity to Malibu’s scenic hiking trails and popular dining hot spots from Geoffrey’s to Nobu also makes this a trophy listing.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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All of the abovementioned shows help illustrate why chilly Norway is becoming a hot spot, namely a willingness to greenlight new ideas and producers generating a crop of smart and affordable formats.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ransomware is like a hard-drive failure in a server or storage array, a power outage at the office or data center or a localized or system-wide network outage.—
John Bruggeman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sweetwater Creek This state park is a still refuge just a few minutes from Atlanta’s bustling city center.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Linux kernel vulnerability prompted America’s cyber defense agency to mandate all federal employees to update their phones by March 25 or stop using them.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Linux Kernel Update Goes Live The code has been implemented as part of the Linux kernel release version 6.13 in January.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Mar. 2025
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Some people plan just a few months ahead, focusing on immediate expenses, while others think decades into the future, prioritizing long-term investments, retirement planning, and strategic capital investing.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Southern Lebanon was the location of much of Israel's recent air and ground campaign against Hezbollah, with parts of the capital Beirut also devastated.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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This is particularly important in Lisbon which, as a hub for TAP Air Portugal, competes for connecting market share with Madrid in the Iberian peninsula, and more broadly across Europe.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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London’s Heathrow Airport shut down Friday after a large fire at an electrical substation caused a power outage, disrupting 1,350 flights and putting the state of air cargo passing through the hub in disarray.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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