as in deck
a flat roofless structure attached to a building on summer mornings I often have breakfast out on the balcony

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Recent Examples of balcony For example, a Sears store in Portage Park, a suburb of Chicago, closed in 2018 and was converted into 6 Corners Lofts, a 206-unit, loft-apartment building with a Target, a glass atrium, dozens of additional windows and balconies, a top floor lounge with a speakeasy and a rooftop swimming pool. David Moin, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025 Guests can choose from accommodations with private balconies, swim-up access, or their very own plunge pools. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025 Hollis describes how Richard climbs up to their balcony like a ninja by grasping onto the building’s wiring and satellite dishes. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 The remaining rooms in the Estate House have a contemporary design with fantastic views over the grounds and private balconies. Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for balcony 
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Noun
  • One magician is hard to miss in his bright green shoes and green tie, handling a deck of green cards to entertain a father and three teenage boys.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Embers whooshed across the landscape, igniting trees, hedges, and the roofs, decks, and sidings of wooden houses that had been built to survive earthquakes, but never a fire of these proportions.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When Jordan Williams purchased his diamond-in-the-rough Greenwich Village apartment, a 900-square-foot one-bedroom duplex with a massive terrace in Manhattan, his mother gave him some helpful advice: hire an interior designer.
    Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Photo : Jemma Wild The Cliff Suite terrace overlooking the bush.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to Josef, a preliminary investigation determined that the incident started inside the residence and continued outside onto the front porch of the home.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The rooftop balcony was built in lieu of a front porch because of the violence in the neighborhood, Williams said.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Balcony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balcony. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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