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Recent Examples of alameda
Or are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later?
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Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.
—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.
—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alameda
Noun
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Students fill the quads and walkways, wearing salmon shorts or strappy tank tops.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2025
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And the group of travelers clogging the moving walkway?—
Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Over 800 years later, Bern remains (as does its bears) and its old town is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, complete with charming arcades, Renaissance fountains, and an early 13th-century clock tower with a medieval puppet show happening every hour on the hour.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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According to a report by WCNC, Harvick listed the mansion featuring a pool house, a golf simulator, an arcade, and a gym for sale at $12 million in May 2024.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Photo : Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty A colonnade leads to the front door.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025
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The company has proposed demolishing four buildings in the neighborhood that have fallen into poor condition: a four-plex on Jefferson Street from 1909, a house on Summit Street from 1905, and two century-old colonnades on Summit Street.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The mall gets more visitors every year than Disneyland.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The mall is working with the Naples Police Department as the agency investigates.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Among the attractions are the sea promenade which takes you to the adjacent town of Diano Marina, and the 13th-century Clavesana Castle, once the bolthole for a medieval marquess, and now the location of a museum devoted to local culture.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Sliema promenade honors another Maltese martyr with a monument: Daphne Caruana Galizia.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Not much more than a cobblestone plaza lined with restaurants offering potato-and-cheese soupe de chalet, Gruyères is dominated by a 13th-century castle, where tours are on offer.—
Betsy Andrews,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Breakfast was coffee and tartines with jam on a chic plaza.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Alameda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alameda. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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