showplace

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Recent Examples of showplace In the next few weeks, nearly 6,000 people came to see Carb’s showplace. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 Her front yard was a showplace of emerald turf, blossoming rose bushes and young palm trees. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024 Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian have transformed their New York townhouse into a showplace for creativity. March 18, 2024, 5:01 a.m. Max Berlinger Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024 This particular showplace was built by Tim O’Brien Homes, a company long committed to sustainable building. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for showplace 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showplace
Noun
  • Inside, the four-bedroom mansion spreads out across nearly 8,000 square feet of living space with sleek features.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Hutter nearly escapes an attack from Orlok, which involves flinging himself from the mansion's second-story window into the rocky waters of the Black Sea.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This magnificent 18th-century manor turned 5-star hotel with 150 acres of gardens originally served as the home of the third Duke of Marlborough.
    Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Located just moments from the prestigious links of The Country Club, the picturesque Brookline reservoir, and upscale shopping and dining, the estate offers the seclusion and luxury of a country manor without giving up the joys of zipping away to the city.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In late September, when Israel invaded Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah militants, the region around the castle of Tibnin (also called Toron) came under heavy bombardment.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Perched on top of the cake were figures of Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty in front of a circle topper behind with the outline of Sleeping Beauty’s castle painted on it.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.
    DeAnna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
  • She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
    Natalia Torija Nieto, ELLE Decor, 28 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Two new luxe resorts have premiered this season — The Strand, with its own boat, and South Bank from Grace Bay Resorts — villas surrounded by water on all sides, serviced by a boat concierge for yacht owners, or guests who just want to take an excursion.
    Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
  • These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The decrepit vampire is obsessed with Ellen Hutter (Depp), the wife of Thomas Hutter (Hoult), a real estate agent sent to Transylvania to find a new estate for Orlok.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The service took place at Sandringham, the estate on the windswept North Sea coast that has been a retreat for the royals for generations.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The report found that approximately between 40% and 60% of production expenditure was spent in the general economy in sectors such as travel and transport, construction, hospitality and catering.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The area had been closed for repairs and construction due to damage caused by a storm in December 2023.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Guests can also go a touch more casual at Ladd’s Tavern, in a new addition to the original manor house.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly two dozen mysterious markings have been discovered at a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, England.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Showplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showplace. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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