grandstand

noun

Definition of grandstandnext
as in audience
a group of spectators

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Recent Examples of grandstand Seeing yard markers on the turf in the infield, along with packed grandstands filling roughly three-quarters of the way around the track, created a vivid memory for the recent NASCAR Cup Series champion who spent much of his upbringing in High Point. — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2025 In the semis, Fudge faced off against No. 4 Judit Castillo and the pair had a battle on the grandstand court before Megan advanced 13,11 to move into the final. — Todd Boss, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 The defective grandstand was a last-minute add-on; workmen were still hammering it together as people took their seats. — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025 There, in the grandstands, the star quarterback and his super fan met at last. — Graham Hurley, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for grandstand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandstand
  1. audience
  2. gallery
  3. house
  4. congregation
Noun
  • Continuously Optimize Conduct extensive audience research, pilot with at least 100 of them and get their feedback over a 10- to 20-minute session.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Not exactly the target audience for the books, but within spitting distance of it.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of audience
Noun
  • The act of travel can take us to the warmth of windswept beaches, the bustling tables of award-winning restaurants, and the quiet halls of the most famous art galleries in the world.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Haidar’s trailer is typically open near the art gallery on weekends from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and during events hosted by the gallery.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of gallery
Noun
  • Fauna, which is filled with beautiful tilework and flooded with daytime light, is meant to evoke the style and casual warmth of a Catalan bourgeois house.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Affleck purchased his own $20.5 million house in Los Angeles on July 24, 2024.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of house
Noun
  • This was the world’s largest reptile congregation, an ecological phenomenon unlike anything else on Earth.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • It's now used as an educational community center, as the congregation built a new church in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement.
    — Jalynn Hilton, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of congregation

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