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as in platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information a cable show might be the perfect venue for your opinions about local politics

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as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something the historic library is a perfect venue for the series of poetry readings

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Recent Examples of venue Many etiquette experts suggest that married couples should be invited together, but modern guest lists are shaped by budget constraints, venue limitations and personal choices of the couple. David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025 Taylor Swift made only her second public appearance of the new year on Saturday at the venue where Kansas City Chiefs fans have become accustomed to seeing her runway arrivals. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025 Spaced bi-monthly throughout the 2025 FedExCup Season, the Creator Series will tee off the day before the first round of the Players Championship, Truist Championship and Tour Championship, utilizing the same venues and tournament conditions pros play in. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 This year, the festival will launch Captain’s Plus, a new ticket experience which will include an opportunity to dine at the California Surf Club during the festival and enjoy a meal crafted by the venue’s award-winning chefs. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for venue 
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Noun
  • The platform is on pace to make more than $1 billion in revenue in 2025.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The announcement was met with a flood of negative comments on the company's internal communication platform, prompting the bank to disable the comment section within hours due to high traffic, the Wall Street Journal reported.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • But supporters of the bans have noted that students’ phones could pose additional dangers during an emergency by distracting students or by revealing their location during an active shooter situation.
    Andrew Demillo, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Organization staff and volunteers fanned out across the Bakersfield area — to a Home Depot, a swap meet and other locations where the Border Patrol had been spotted.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The forum is dominated by anonymous posts about would-be applicants complaining about waiting months to hear back from background investigators.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Workforce issues were central to insight forums around regulating AI in the last Congress, but those too did not result in changes to the system.
    Maria Curi, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Career officials discovered that their default mode of thinking about Britain’s place in the world was suspect, too.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In the build-up, much of the discussion was about how bad the beating would be at a place that, even in the best of times, is a fixture that few United teams have looked forward to.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • The most snow to fall in a single day at the site is 4.4 inches set in February 1960.
    Karina Tsui, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Herd went to visit the site in person and recovered some of the fragments for inclusion in the collection.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Venue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venue. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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