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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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Imagine a world where all of our cars run on clean solar – ditto for our HVAC systems – and even our AI friends run on solar powered data centers.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In one of the largest mass abductions targeting religious worship centers in the West African nation in recent months, the attackers on Sunday raided three different churches in Kaduna state's Kajuru council area, seizing 177 people before 11 managed to escape.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Walmart plans to add EV sites at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations by 2030.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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The area runs parallel to a typically busy In-N-Out fast-food chain location, a gas station, and a bus stop that runs to the university.—
Madisen Keavy,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Retail stores, bars and restaurants have been transformed into mutual aid hubs.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Sitting in the heart of northeast Minneapolis's business district, the coffee shop has become a hub for people opposing ICE.—
Reg Chapman,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The extreme cold and winter weather forecasts for Friday through Sunday have resulted in some venue closings and event cancellations in Metro Detroit.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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There is ample parking at the venue.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Once the ad-tech infrastructure is established, ad revenue becomes highly scalable and incurs low incremental costs, unlike the capital-heavy content creation process.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In both instances, Copenhagen and the Greenlandic government in its capital Nuuk responded by expressing openness to further collaboration, stressing the importance of sovereignty and dispatching a high-level delegation for talks in Washington.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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This is a sanctuary, a place of calm.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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The winery is only a half-hour drive from Alba, a gastronomic mecca that is the epicenter of Piedmontese cuisine and white truffles.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, hospitals in New York City, on average, were worse staffed than hospitals in the rest of the state, ironic and troubling given the city’s reputation as a mecca for medical care.—
Linda H. Aiken,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Sain Rhodes is a real estate professional and a customer success manager at Clever Offers, a nationwide homebuying site.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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The site has an entire storefront dedicated to storage solutions for every room in your home.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Locus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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