showplace

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Recent Examples of showplace Meanwhile 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showplace
Noun
  • The mansion belongs to Jennifer, who’s surprised to find Fernando sleeping nude in her bed.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Last November, Herbie added to the batch of homes, reportedly spending $38 million on a 5,800-square-foot waterfront mansion in West Palm Beach.
    Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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?
    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.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The storybook castle was built more than 700 years ago by the knights of Chasteignier de la Roche-Posay.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.
    Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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
  • Each accommodation at Marriott’s Phuket Beach Club is a spacious two-bedroom villa with a separate living space.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Or book a luxury villa or tree house or glamp at the Lovango Resort & Beach Club, a private island resort with its ferry from Red Hook, St. Thomas.
    Carol M. Bareuther, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Those two quick lefts were referred to as the Theosophical turn, being on the outskirts of Katherine Tingley’s Theosophical estate, Lomaland.
    Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The deal was made between Teton Ridge Entertainment and Larry McMurtry’s estate.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Showplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showplace. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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