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as in local
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as in dialectal
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Recent Examples of regional
The top performers move on to in-person regional, quarterfinals, and semifinal events throughout the spring, and the best of the best punch their tickets to the Games in August.
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Similar to Luckin, the drink offerings rotate through supposedly regional flavors, like matcha latte with tofu pudding.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Brazil's Botafogo is the most recent winner of the top South American regional tournament, Copa Libertadores.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 13 June 2025
In Russia's northwest Murmansk, which borders Finland, regional Gov. Andrey Chibis said enemy drones had attacked unspecified targets.
—Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Similar to Luckin, the drink offerings rotate through supposedly regional flavors, like matcha latte with tofu pudding.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Brazil's Botafogo is the most recent winner of the top South American regional tournament, Copa Libertadores.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 13 June 2025
In Russia's northwest Murmansk, which borders Finland, regional Gov. Andrey Chibis said enemy drones had attacked unspecified targets.
—Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
Adjective
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A couple local jokes is great, but the point of view stays the same.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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Being part of the huge Banijay production and distribution group does off the opportunity to remake international shows for the local market.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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But the turn that’s needed—one that could show who the characters are behind their dialectical façades—isn’t the one that comes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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That makes for an interesting combination of permeability and a nonstandard, random-looking pattern.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 May 2025
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Faster processing times, but nonstandard documents may be harder to categorize.—
Haokun Qin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Coaches and deans and ADs weren’t amending their vernacular to avoid offending kids.—
Dawn Staley,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Mamet emphasizes the vernacular like a theatrical soothsayer while Zahler visualizes violence to clarify circumstance and character.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope Trollope is a more colloquial writer.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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There have been informal talks between the clubs, but Newcastle, who are keen to avoid paying inflated fees, have alternative options.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Poor areas with informal housing were the worst affected, government officials said.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 272,000 children in Ukraine have benefitted from learning interventions with supplies provided by UNICEF, and over 400,000 children have engaged in formal or nonformal education.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes,
18 Aug. 2022
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The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.—
Michael Plummer,
Forbes,
3 June 2022
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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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