geographic
adjective
geo·graph·ic
ˌjē-ə-ˈgra-fik 
variants
or geographical
1
: of or relating to geography
2
: belonging to or characteristic of a particular region
the geographic features of Ohio
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Over 180 people participated in the study from two main geographic areas — Iran and Finland.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2025
This week the Legislature punted, its members clearly leery about taking on such a high-profile and infinitely controversial issue through the budget process, especially since Democratic legislators are very divided, roughly along north-south geographic lines.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
Since 1970, California has received more than 100 waivers under the Clean Air Act to address pollution caused by its unique geographic terrain and abundance of automobiles in the nation's most populous state.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Rather than showing the entire area divided up among different groups in the fashion of European nation-states, Village Chief used small circles to indicate various groups in terms of their geographic relationship to each other and to waterways.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2025
This week the Legislature punted, its members clearly leery about taking on such a high-profile and infinitely controversial issue through the budget process, especially since Democratic legislators are very divided, roughly along north-south geographic lines.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
Since 1970, California has received more than 100 waivers under the Clean Air Act to address pollution caused by its unique geographic terrain and abundance of automobiles in the nation's most populous state.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Rather than showing the entire area divided up among different groups in the fashion of European nation-states, Village Chief used small circles to indicate various groups in terms of their geographic relationship to each other and to waterways.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for geographic
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“Geographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geographic. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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