1
as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements
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as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens
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Recent Examples of locus
Weekly Newsletter Audiences were asked to consider that the display of human difference was dehumanizing or even exploitative but also to understand that the sideshow represented a locus of community and a way for disabled performers to make an independent living.
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Their grids of teenage faces are laid out like tract housing—a locus of conformity—and even at the outset, there was hell to pay for going your own way.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His master had called it a locus for the dark side of the Force.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Just a stone’s throw from the United Center, the locus of the last time Democrats were even close to happy.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Their grids of teenage faces are laid out like tract housing—a locus of conformity—and even at the outset, there was hell to pay for going your own way.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His master had called it a locus for the dark side of the Force.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Just a stone’s throw from the United Center, the locus of the last time Democrats were even close to happy.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locus
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About 80 warming centers were opened across the state, known as one of the nation's poorest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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On the company’s earnings call, analysts asked CEO Tim Cook several questions about Apple’s access to memory components, which have seen their prices skyrocket due to demand related to chips necessary for artificial intelligence data centers.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Smith said a model incorporating all trade union concerns works at Fullstack Modular in Carson, for example, where workers benefit from, among other things, being able to work at one location rather than ever-changing construction sites.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
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Mrvan helped Northwest Indiana land a hydrogen hub for BP’s Whiting Refinery, a project to turn waste carbon into hydrogen.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest sign of turmoil at the iconic performing arts venue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Parker, the executive director of the National Independent Venue Association, said that if speculative tickets are banned in California, venues could save up to $50,000 in staffing expenses.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some of Thursday’s decline was related to Wall Street not being happy with how much the company was spending on investments for the future (capital expenditures), and the cloud business Azure may not have done as well as some hoped.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, some oil executives have expressed discomfort with the idea of sending capital into Venezuela.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Just down the street, the Black Forest Inn is also leaning into service, offering coffee, soup and a warm place to gather.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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All the key players in the industry are in one place and discussing how to get our society to the next stage in a responsible way.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Lane Bryant store is now gone, the shopping center on the far west side of Tinley Park has blossomed and life in the southwest suburb now known as an entertainment mecca goes on.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Bay Area is a mecca for social dancing, from salsa to line dancing to modern ballroom, said Richard Powers, a choreographer and dance historian who teaches social dance classes at Stanford University.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Kelley Blue Book’s 12th annual Best Buy Awards were released and the car valuation site gave the top title of best new model overall to the 2026 Nissan Leaf, a fully electric model.—
Sasha Lekach,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The bloc has also been scrutinizing X over accusations that Grok generated antisemitic material and has asked the site for more information.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Locus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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