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community center
noun
: a building or group of buildings for a community's educational and recreational activities
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There is also some free parking behind the community center on Roberts Road, but carpooling or dropoff were strongly recommended.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
More than 600 pop-up community centers, known as Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), are now in operation, a grassroots effort that has become the central relief apparatus.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Food pantries can be in so many other areas, like more churches, community centers and senior centers.
—Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Awake before anyone else on weekend mornings, Jarvis would walk to the community center behind their home and whisk around the ice.
—Elise Devlin, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Community center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20center. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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community center
noun
: a building or group of buildings for a community's educational and recreational activities
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