playground
an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
Informal. any place, environment, or facility used for recreation or amusement, as a resort: The tropical island is an international playground for the rich.
an arena of operation or activity.
Origin of playground
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How to use playground in a sentence
Current regulations reflect those biases and mandate that dispensaries locate at least 1,000 feet from “sensitive” areas such as residences, schools, churches, libraries, parks and playgrounds.
Myths and Shame Shouldn’t Guide Cannabis Regulations | John Bertsch | September 8, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoDrive an hour northeast to the Brian Head Resort, which spent two years turning the mountain into a world-class lift-served playground.
Having set up the perfect playground to create, combine and measure vortices and their helicity, Irvine and Matsuzawa four years ago started exploring new variations on the theme.
An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence | David H. Freedman | September 3, 2020 | Quanta MagazineFancified caution tape criss-crossing benches and playgrounds that are not considered safe to use.
Michelangelo vs. MacGyver: Who will design the offices of our post-COVID future? | claychandler | September 1, 2020 | FortuneThe results so far suggest that there are ways to subtly nudge children into being more active on playgrounds.
Better playground design could help kids get more exercise | Emily Anthes | August 9, 2020 | Science News
And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.
It was just the anonymous artist and his group of pranksters using New York as their unofficial playground.
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion | Alex Suskind | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA personal favorite is “C Is For Cookie” for guiding me through a 1994 playground debate over how to spell the word.
She toddled off to the playground, still jabbering to herself, evoking giggles from the Hawa staff.
Before we are introduced to Singer and her daughter, the program takes us to a playground in San Francisco.
Hey Anti-Vaxxers, Watch NOVA: Vaccines--Calling the Shots | Russell Saunders | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDinner was over; the boys rushed into the playground; neither the yeast dumplings nor the salt beef stuck in their throats.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonThe afternoon was drawing on; they all hurried out into the playground, having got hold of every hoop to be found.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonIt was afternoon; the boys were playing at different games in the green playground, and he was waiting for his turn at rounders.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarThe boys in the playground came crowding round, and Barker in vain struggled to escape.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarHe pushed fiercely through the knot of boys, and strode as quickly as he could along the playground, angry and impenitent.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for playground
/ (ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd) /
an outdoor area for children's play, esp one having swings, slides, etc, or adjoining a school
a place or region particularly popular as a sports or holiday resort
a sphere of activity: reading was his private playground
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