as in audience
a group of spectators
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Recent Examples of grandstand
That’s because workers this spring are adding to STU’s on-campus football stadium, building a shaded home grandstand with about 2,000 seats.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
New public seating Sperling said the public seating areas have been expanded, and a new set of grandstands will be near the 17th green.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Construction of the temporary street course and surrounding grandstands and support facilities for the upcoming NASCAR race weekend at Naval Base Coronado will begin on May 25, with the formal groundbreaking scheduled for the following day.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Meeting fans one by one, the reigning Olympic champion and American record-holder in the high hurdles walked along the main grandstand, signing autographs and taking selfies for about 15 minutes.
—Cory Mull, Austin American Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
New public seating Sperling said the public seating areas have been expanded, and a new set of grandstands will be near the 17th green.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Construction of the temporary street course and surrounding grandstands and support facilities for the upcoming NASCAR race weekend at Naval Base Coronado will begin on May 25, with the formal groundbreaking scheduled for the following day.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Meeting fans one by one, the reigning Olympic champion and American record-holder in the high hurdles walked along the main grandstand, signing autographs and taking selfies for about 15 minutes.
—Cory Mull, Austin American Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandstand
Noun
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In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Applause during a joint session is usually an awkward and partisan art; at the recent State of the Union, Vance and Johnson stood like professional opera clappers behind the President as Democrats in the audience shook their heads.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The explosive fact of the two artists’ racial difference found a visual correlate in the checkerboard gallery floor and white-on-black palette of the show’s tallest totem.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Mostly left off the list were Washington’s supporters — who loudly screamed and chanted in the gallery.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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How Washington behaves vis-à-vis those deposits influences the process and reconfigures the balance within the Shia house.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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That high mark owes much to the city’s Ribeira district, which is home to picturesque houses with red terracotta roofs clustered along the Douro River.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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She was ordained in the 1970s, the first woman in the congregation to earn that honor.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The decision has left myriad questions for parish leaders and their congregations.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Grandstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandstand. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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