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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.
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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.
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Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Food pantries can be in so many other areas, like more churches, community centers and senior centers.
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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.
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Elise Devlin, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Word History
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 7 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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