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Recent Examples of showplaceMeanwhile ownership continues trying to unravel how to finance a showplace stadium in downtown Chicago, alongside Lake Michigan.—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Shelburne Shelburne Farms, a 1400-acre education nonprofit, was founded by a Vanderbilt heir in the late 19th century as an agricultural showplace.—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 The heat was so intense that homes on each side of the former showplace were destroyed.—Eula Calahan , Micah Farmer, arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024 In the next few weeks, nearly 6,000 people came to see Carb’s showplace.—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for showplace
Home Alone always seems to re-enter the cultural conversation each Christmas season, but last year, director Chris Columbus answered a long-gestating burning question: How did Kevin's parents afford that lavish manor?
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
Qualley is set to play a governess taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
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.
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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.
Neom Over 140,000 workers are currently engaged in the project's construction, with US$140 billion invested in infrastructure to support the budding city.
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Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
17 Feb. 2025
Economy Housing will be a major theme this week, with new residential construction and building permits data out before Wednesday’s opening bell.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
In Maryland, Catholics often operated plantations to finance their outreach and to comply with colonial law limiting their religious services to private property; their manor houses often featured adjoining chapels.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Mirrored after dining experiences in an English or Irish manor house, Elizabeth King (proprietor and executive chef) hosts tea lovers within four intimate rooms.
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