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Recent Examples of regional
One of the top projects in front of SANDAG, the regional planning agency, is relocating two miles of rail off the Del Mar bluffs, including a so far contentious process of selecting a new route.
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
The sustained campaign courts state collapse and regional conflagration.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
China does not see itself as a regional power.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
Economic risk from China dispute Japan's Internal Affairs Ministry issued a statement on Saturday urging regional election committees to start preparing in case of an early election.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
The sustained campaign courts state collapse and regional conflagration.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
China does not see itself as a regional power.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
Economic risk from China dispute Japan's Internal Affairs Ministry issued a statement on Saturday urging regional election committees to start preparing in case of an early election.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
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All the victims were outside of the church and attending a funeral, according to local law enforcement authorities.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ceisler has spoken out against the federal 287(g) program, which allows local law enforcement agencies to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and carry out certain immigration enforcement duties.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Urbano’s work evokes a complex past that hasn’t yet occurred and a future that already has—a present that has always already been, to employ the idea of non-dialectical temporality favored by philosopher Maurice Blanchot.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Julia also underwent intensive therapy, including DBT [dialectical behavior therapy], especially after their daughter was born.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Nov. 2025
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Maintaining hydration during nonstandard work hours is crucial for good health and minimizing the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.—
Pamela Assid,
Verywell Health,
5 Nov. 2025
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WindBorne also plans to use live flight data to allow its weather balloons to autonomously avoid planes, even if planes are flying at a nonstandard altitude, according to the company’s statement.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Upside Down, a dark, gooey parallel universe of Hawkins, and its predatory demogorgons became part of their middle school vernacular.—
Lorraine Ali,
Boston Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
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In vernacular languages up to the early modern period in Europe, cognates of conversatio often conveyed a sense of physical closeness: gathering or dwelling together.—
Lamorna Ash,
The Dial,
25 Nov. 2025
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The colloquial term Paczki Day is used for Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.—
Jelissa Burns,
Freep.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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In this context, something as small and lightweight as a pair of earrings could serve as the colloquial glue that united people under one national identity, at a moment in history when destabilization and separation were the modi operandi of a country sharing a border with Ukraine.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Double islands have been used to add valuable workspace and storage in open kitchens, as well as to accommodate activities such as informal dining.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) has scouts in different countries monitoring players who are eligible for them from a young age, but Nigeria’s approach is more informal.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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But even Cunard has nonformal settings where dressed-down can go, including the buffet, casino and pub.—
Hannah Sampson,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Dec. 2019
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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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