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Recent Examples of regions
In some regions of the country, a lot of that household use is made up of outdoor use, like for watering lawns and filling pools.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
This unique alignment creates an unparalleled opportunity for travelers to combine eclipse viewing with meteor watching, especially in regions like Iceland or Spain, or even locally in North America by seeking dark skies after the partial eclipse.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
New Smyrna Beach in Florida, North Carolina's Outer Banks, Cape Cod and parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine are among the East Coast regions where people are more likely to encounter sharks.
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Longer deployments in the South China Sea and the western Pacific demonstrate the PLAN’s ambition to maintain a sustained presence in distant maritime regions.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
As much as 58 inches of snow fell in some regions, and strong winds up to 80 mph were responsible for large snow drifts -- many over 50 feet tall.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
Meister Varma couldn’t quarry or manufacture new materials on the plot because it’s prohibited in these ecologically sensitive regions.
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New Atlas,
3 July 2026
These represent gas that has been shunted by outflows, creating dense regions of matter that reflect light from proximate protostars.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 July 2026
In Fischer’s version, early immigrants from four different regions of Great Britain established cultures in different regions of the American colonies.
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James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
This unique alignment creates an unparalleled opportunity for travelers to combine eclipse viewing with meteor watching, especially in regions like Iceland or Spain, or even locally in North America by seeking dark skies after the partial eclipse.
—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
New Smyrna Beach in Florida, North Carolina's Outer Banks, Cape Cod and parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine are among the East Coast regions where people are more likely to encounter sharks.
—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Longer deployments in the South China Sea and the western Pacific demonstrate the PLAN’s ambition to maintain a sustained presence in distant maritime regions.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
As much as 58 inches of snow fell in some regions, and strong winds up to 80 mph were responsible for large snow drifts -- many over 50 feet tall.
—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
Meister Varma couldn’t quarry or manufacture new materials on the plot because it’s prohibited in these ecologically sensitive regions.
—
New Atlas,
3 July 2026
These represent gas that has been shunted by outflows, creating dense regions of matter that reflect light from proximate protostars.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 July 2026
In Fischer’s version, early immigrants from four different regions of Great Britain established cultures in different regions of the American colonies.
—
James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regions
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In the video, the LAPD officer can be heard citing California Vehicle Code Section 22651(n), a law that allows law enforcement to tow and impound vehicles parked in restricted zones.
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Many areas have been exempted for a variety of reasons, including lots in hillside fire zones and lots in Historic Protection Overlay Zones.
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Historical data about the parts of the nation that use the most air conditioning shows a strong geographical trend.
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Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.
Noun
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Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
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The city presented three scenarios for Hemphill, which would involve either no change to the current traffic flow, adding two lanes of traffic back in certain areas, or adding them back along the entire corridor.
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“Regions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regions. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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