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Recent Examples of grandstands
New public seating Sperling said the public seating areas have been expanded, and a new set of grandstands will be near the 17th green.
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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
Another image was shown in court Thursday of Gabehart sitting in the grandstands during Sunday's race at Darlington Raceway.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The grandstands and the hospitality tents will be full again.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
At the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane slope, in the grandstands about 2,000 feet below, there was nothing but a sickening silence after Vonn’s crash.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
When the lights go out and the sound of 20 engines thundering to life cuts through the crowd’s silent anticipation, all eyes in the grandstands will fix on the race for 56 laps.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
With this season’s addition of approximately 300 extra seats in temporary bleachers down the right-field, McCombs has an official capacity of approximately 1,552 for the grandstands.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
The game follows the Rose Parade, where an estimated 700,000 people travel from near and far to the grandstands and sidewalks of Pasadena to watch.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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
Another image was shown in court Thursday of Gabehart sitting in the grandstands during Sunday's race at Darlington Raceway.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The grandstands and the hospitality tents will be full again.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
At the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane slope, in the grandstands about 2,000 feet below, there was nothing but a sickening silence after Vonn’s crash.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
When the lights go out and the sound of 20 engines thundering to life cuts through the crowd’s silent anticipation, all eyes in the grandstands will fix on the race for 56 laps.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
With this season’s addition of approximately 300 extra seats in temporary bleachers down the right-field, McCombs has an official capacity of approximately 1,552 for the grandstands.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
The game follows the Rose Parade, where an estimated 700,000 people travel from near and far to the grandstands and sidewalks of Pasadena to watch.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandstands
Noun
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In Lincoln Square on Saturday afternoon, nearly half a block of houses on West Carmen Avenue was sectioned off with police tape while police searched for the suspect.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Closer to home, agents searched houses across New England, relying heavily on informants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The $1-billion museum will open to the public on the first day of fall and the exhibits will be shown in more than 30 galleries spread over 100,000 square feet of exhibition space.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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There were 28 galleries and 20 special projects spread across the building, with installations that often spilled out of traditional stands and into shared space.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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“Grandstands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandstands. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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