esplanade

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Recent Examples of esplanade It was razed and turned into a grassy esplanade called Centennial Park. Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024 The approximately 11-acre, concrete-laden public esplanade was designed by Modernist artist Isamu Noguchi and formally dedicated in 1979. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024 On a new esplanade overlooking the canal, an odor review was solicited from a shirtless man in his thirties, a resident of an adjacent luxury condo. Jake Offenhartz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 Across the esplanade at Disney California Adventure park, Avenger’s Campus will more than double in size, with construction beginning in 2025. Natasha Chen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for esplanade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for esplanade
Noun
  • Local storms that are just off the coast will develop really large waves impacting our coastline.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • And last year an Atlantic Niña occurred, cooling waters off the west coast of Africa in late summer, and causing a dip in storms.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Walruses In Heartbeats of the Arctic—A Bird’s Eye View By Jose Martin Perdomo On a remote Arctic shoreline, captured from above, a group of walruses lies huddled together, their massive bodies piled side-by-side in a tranquil moment of collective repose.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Explore Destin Seagrove, Florida The 24-mile stretch of Florida panhandle coastline along Scenic Highway 30A has been picking up steam as a top vacation destination for travelers from the South and beyond.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Seagrass also cleans polluted water and protects coastlines from erosion.
    Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Weaver says as Everton’s stadium is on a new site, this is highly valuable and its riverside location means a sponsor’s name on the roof of the stadium would look beautiful in pictures.
    Steve Price, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The tree house–style spa and riverside yoga pavilion let guests get in touch with nature.
    Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The riverfront Intercontinental Hotel Dieu is unabashedly Lyon’s swishest hotel and is well located for walking to the wine bars and restaurants where Beaujolais is poured.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Long said the new multi-family housing is meant to bring people back to the riverfront and will come with amenities for residents.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The amount of the often-stinky seaweed that washes up on beaches has spiked tremendously in the last dozen years, bringing frustration to South Florida beachgoers and causing real economic damage in the Caribbean.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Beach cleanup Calvary Lutheran Church hosts a beach cleanup starting at 9 a.m. April 5.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • Not always easy to spot, many frogs are small enough to fit in your pocket, and frogs can be elusive, blending in with the flora of their surroundings, hopping through treetops or along riverbanks.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Aspirations are large and small, ranging from building out new sections of the DuPage River walkway to ecological restoration along its riverbank.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Esplanade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esplanade. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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