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Recent Examples of showplaceMeanwhile ownership continues trying to unravel how to finance a showplace stadium in downtown Chicago, alongside Lake Michigan.—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Shelburne Shelburne Farms, a 1400-acre education nonprofit, was founded by a Vanderbilt heir in the late 19th century as an agricultural showplace.—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 The heat was so intense that homes on each side of the former showplace were destroyed.—Eula Calahan , Micah Farmer, arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024 In the next few weeks, nearly 6,000 people came to see Carb’s showplace.—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for showplace
It’s set today in modern-day L.A., somewhere on the coast in a palatial mansion, which is a very sort of film noir setting.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2025
At one point, the head of the family Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) pays respect to the mansion that made the show famous — the real Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England — by giving it a pat and a kiss, apparently as the family says goodbye to it.
The former, with its iconic castles, characters, and warp pipe entrance, and the latter with dozens of dragons, three rides, and one amazing show do not disappoint.
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Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
3 June 2025
The castle had been the home to the Granthams since the show’s launch in 2011.
Inside and out, there’s ample space to unwind, and the villas have direct access to a serene river pool.
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AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2025
Book a long-term stay in one of their high-end villas, like this two bedroom unit that comes fully stocked with a chef’s kitchen, in-unit laundry, and upscale amenities like the private pool and personal golf cart to maneuver around the jungle landscape surrounding the property.
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Shannon Sharpe,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
In July 2019, NBC News’ TODAY released unearthed video footage believed to be from 1992, which showed Trump greeting Epstein at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
6 June 2025
Under federal law, an S corporation must be a domestic corporation with shareholders who are domestic individuals, trusts, or estates (no partnerships, corporations, or non-resident alien shareholders).
Signings of this kind were a regular feature of Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, at a time when punishing interest payments relating to the Emirates Stadium’s construction made that kind of value-chasing purchase a necessity.
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James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
But these partnerships are long-term investments in communities—not just construction projects.
The manor house was converted into a museum, and is now home to many of Austen’s personal possessions, as well as work by women writers across the United Kingdom, including Mary Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Blackwell.
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Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
It has long been suspected that one particular manor house in Bosham (now a private residence) stands on the site of what was once King Harold's residence.
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