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as in area
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you look in the upper left region of the sky, you can see the constellation Orion

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as in neck
a broad geographical area corn is mostly grown in the central regions of the country

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Recent Examples of region The data are also crucial for monitoring sea ice in polar regions. Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 31 July 2025 Its service spans major cities across the Midwest, Florida, Texas, the Mountain region and the West Coast, giving it a broad geographic reach that appeals to households in both urban and suburban areas. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 31 July 2025 At the very center of the galaxy is a nuclear starburst: a region of extreme star formation that is blowing material out of the galaxy. Rebecca McClain, Space.com, 31 July 2025 More than half a million people die of malaria alone each year, and disease-heavy regions have suffered financially as a result. Lauren Kim, CNN Money, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for region
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Noun
  • During heavy rainfall, there is a risk of flooding, especially in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Local governments also lack authority to inspect buildings in unincorporated areas after they’re built.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • For side sleepers who generally benefit from a firmer pillow for head and neck support, this memory foam-like fill from the Westin could be your best bet.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
  • One wall of his workshop is covered with wooden templates of guitar bodies, necks and pick guards.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • Violent crime dropped between 37% and 83% in CVI zones nearly a year after its ShotStoppers program launched.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • Extended Mac displays have their own full-screen apps and desktop spaces, too, of course, but the OS still treats them as two pieces of a larger unified desktop environment, whereas iPadOS still treats them as their own little autonomous zones.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
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  • There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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  • That could negate the need for costly and invasive methods of GI tract investigation – like endoscopy and computerized tomography (CT) – that can only be used in hospitals.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • The hospital also had a failing score for urinary tract infections from catheters.
    Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025

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“Region.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/region. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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