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grandstand

noun

Definition of grandstand

as in audience

a group of spectators

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Recent Examples of grandstand Three grandstands at the rear of the field will offer reserved seating and access to hospitality in the Knebworth House Gardens, while a large accessible viewing platform will provide a front-facing stage view via ramps. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 Sep. 2026 The larger fan zone also had vast seating areas that offered a bit of shade from the relentless Madrid sun, another challenge many fans noted given the majority of grandstands were unsheltered. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Organizers said teams were already unloading equipment and the garages were being prepared, and the grandstands were receiving their final cleaning work. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 Free Americans with Disabilities Act seating will be available at the grandstand on a first-come basis. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grandstand

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For 70 years, the festival has brought really the best of the year in cinema to audiences.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
The most justifiable criticism against the DC detective series is that its mysteries play out wordily, without letting the audience in on how its space cops come to major conclusions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of audience

Noun

While there is the Rock Roadhouse Winery, an Ashwood Station Antiques and small galleries nearby, The Omni is at the center of activity— and brings a lot of travelers from all over the world to Bath County.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Those include Renée Elise Goldsberry as Michael’s former colleague and lover, contesting cases before a rogue’s gallery of quirky judges played by the likes of Jackie Earle Haley, Jackie Hoffman and Peter Riegert.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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He was arrested in Baltimore in March 2025 after picking up his then-5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother's house, according to court papers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The hotel’s most unusual feature is its feng shui Japanese Zen garden, complete with an azumaya (open tea house) and cascading waterfall.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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Others like Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, have about 10,000 members and expanded their congregation in recent years by making their church a more attractive destination for people outside their church walls.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Rabbi and historian Gary Zola explains that of the six earliest Jewish congregations in the United States, the three Southern congregations in Savannah, Charleston and Richmond were the first to introduce reforms.

— Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

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