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- noun Plural form of
showplace .
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Examples
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Such a criticism cannot be leveled at the Annenberg Space for Photography -- one of Los Angeles' newest artistic showplaces.
Steven Crandell: At the Intersection of Annenberg & Kasmauski -- Photography, Nonprofits and Connection Steven Crandell 2010
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From the first, a leading university professor said, This place will be one of the showplaces of the city.
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Such a criticism cannot be leveled at the Annenberg Space for Photography -- one of Los Angeles' newest artistic showplaces.
Steven Crandell: At the Intersection of Annenberg & Kasmauski -- Photography, Nonprofits and Connection Steven Crandell 2010
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Evidence of Community Pride – Successful communities are often showplaces of care, attention, history, and heritage.
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From the website: The Colorado Plateau is one of the world's great showplaces of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock.
New Book: Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau ReBecca Foster 2008
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The ubiquity of trash, plastic bags, garbage, debris, and refuse of all kinds in Mexico takes North Americans back a generation or two when our own streets and lanes looked more like Tobacco Road than the sterile showplaces that are the norm today.
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At the federal level, programs like Energy Star are helping turn departments of stores like Sears, Costco, and Kmart into energy efficiency showplaces - a modern World's Fair in each local mall.
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The ubiquity of trash, plastic bags, garbage, debris, and refuse of all kinds in Mexico takes North Americans back a generation or two when our own streets and lanes looked more like Tobacco Road than the sterile showplaces that are the norm today.
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Still, a glossy new SFMoMA will make the funkier showplaces look even more, well, alternative.
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From the website: The Colorado Plateau is one of the world's great showplaces of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock.
Archive 2008-10-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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