How to Use region in a Sentence

region

noun
  • She has a pain in the lower back region.
  • The bird returns to this region every year.
  • He's the company sales manager for the entire Southwest region.
  • That brain region is located near the back of the neck.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • In the Chelyabinsk region in the Urals, three clinics agreed to halt them.
    Dasha Litvinova, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The blend comes from about 20 different crus in the Champagne region.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
  • In total, 88% of incoming corps members for the greater Delta region are from the area, a 33-year high.
    Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The Overwatch League has been split into East and West regions since the covid-19 pandemic.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Reopened in March, the resort now operates the largest spa in the Liguria region.
    Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • Up to 1,500 French soldiers are stationed in Niger, which has been a major partner of the French in the Sahel region.
    Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Fang said the first waves of Chinese immigrants to the U.S. came from southern regions that spoke Cantonese.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But the family home has been falling in value, at least in some regions.
    Alexandra Peers, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The city lies some 155 miles north of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, most of which is occupied by Russia.
    Jamey Keaten and Joanna Kozlowska, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • Someone had taken the initiative to drape a blue tarp over the statue’s nether regions.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Obviously, the more time the ball is in that region, the more opportunity the player has to swing the bat at it.
    WIRED, 16 June 2023
  • Two astronauts then would move into the HLS for descent to the moon's south polar region.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The agency said the four were arrested in the Bryansk region, and were attempting to drive across the Russian-Ukraine border.
    Nick Spicer, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The Niagara region on the Canadian side of the falls declared a state of emergency for April 8 in light of those concerns.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In some regions, people may prefer less of those—and more of the compact central power stations that TVA knows how to build.
    Robert Kunzig, The Atlantic, 25 July 2023
  • Rodriguez said the panhandle region is no stranger to fast-moving wildfires, but not with this scale or speed.
    Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Seeing ‘starbursts’ more clearly This new image hones in on a region called N79 South, or S1.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Oil prices declined as traders assessed disruptions in the Suez Canal region.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The potential to hit 70 fits into the long-term trend toward more such warm winter days in the Washington region.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Cheetahs, lions, leopards and African wild dogs inhabit the same regions and sometimes eat the same foods.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Plantains are beloved in those regions and by those with ties to them, for reasons beyond their adaptable flavor.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Eventually, his aides were told that Navalny had been transferred from the colony in the Vladimir region, which is just over a hundred miles east of Moscow.
    Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The war in Gaza has brought conflict back to a region where détente and cooperation had been taking hold.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Aurora is set to endorse the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago region.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Scroll past the map for descriptions of each site, listed alphabetically by region (Chicagoland, and the north, central and south parts of the state).
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Positioned in the lumbar region of the spinal cord, the implant sends electrical signals to his leg muscles.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023

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