third space

noun

1. informal,  the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home

Example Sentences

“Leanne,” like her brand, is PG-rated and depicts its small church as a third space where friends and neighbors exercise and socialize.

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Killer Fitness opened in May with the hope that horror’s increasing popularity at the box office could translate to this unique, in-person third space.

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“It’s like that mythical third space that everyone has been whining about.”

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For Lorell, the dive bar exists as a third space.

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Out of this desire, she created All One Thing, which she describes as “a new town square and a new third space.”

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