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green space

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[green spays] / ˈgrin ˌspeɪs /

noun

green spaces plural
  1. an area covered with grass or other plants, especially one in an urban environment that is set aside for community use.


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When Alana Muir was a child growing up in the Glendale estate of Glasgow's Robroyston area, she could look out the windows of her house and see green space everywhere.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

And they would add crucial green space to reduce the heat island effect, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Another 125,000 are expected to see it on a giant screen on the Ellipse, a green space just outside the White House.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

If you have time before or after dinner, take a stroll through nearby Loring Park and enjoy one of Minneapolis’ abundant green space.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

We’d landed in the grass on the edge of the Academy’s large open green space in the center of campus that everyone called the Mall.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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