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noun

a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.

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Words nearby Times Square

time signal, time signature, time sovereignty, timespan, times sign, Times Square, time stamp, time study, time suck, Time's wingéd chariot, time switch

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How to use Times Square in a sentence

You’re unlikely to be the target of a bobbing, weaving attack from an Aedes aegypti in New York’s Times Square or Chicago’s Millennium Park today, but in 2050, you just might find yourself brushing one of those tiny, deadly dancers off your shoulder.
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Have Come to the U.S. Will They Work?|Alejandro de la Garza / Florida Keys, Fl.|May 9, 2021|Time
For its latest campaign, the WSJ is running ads in print publications, online, on social platforms and in physical locations, such as ads in New York City’s Times Square.
Inside The Wall Street Journal’s latest push for new subscribers|Sara Guaglione|April 30, 2021|Digiday
To prepare for his role, Voight explored Times Square dressed as a cowboy and invited homeless people to his basement apartment for dinner.
‘Midnight Cowboy’ was a masterpiece made of desperation|James Hirsch|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
For the first time in more than a century, New York City’s Times Square will be nearly empty on New Year’s Eve.
Make your own New Year’s ball, and 4 other family party ideas|Purbita Saha|December 31, 2020|Popular-Science

The network built a studio in a Times Square building for election coverage, away from the Broadcast Center headquarters.
Despite precautions, CBS headquarters reports 15 coronavirus cases amid nationwide surge|Jeremy Barr|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Several times, either because they forgot or they had a technical problem, they connected directly, and we could see them.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As played by Omundson, King Richard is effeminate, sincere, and ten times funnier than everyone else.
‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.
‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for Times Square

Times Square

noun

a square formed by the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City, extending from 42nd to 45th Street

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Cultural definitions for Times Square

Times Square

Area of Manhattan formed by the intersection of Broadway (see also Broadway) and Seventh Avenue between Forty-second and Forty-fourth Streets.

notes for Times Square

Heart of the New York City theater district.

notes for Times Square

Once known for its high levels of crime, prostitution, and pornography, in recent years it has been cleaned up.

notes for Times Square

Site of a large, annual New Year's Eve celebration.