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a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a top researcher in the area of human genetics
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Recent Examples of area
When passing through this area, please move quickly and do not linger.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Officers found shell casings at the scene and reached out to several area hospitals asking if any of them were treating a gunshot victim.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
When to start: Sow seeds indoors 8 weeks before the average last frost date in your area.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
His district covers parts of far west and southwest Fort Worth, including the area around TCU.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Officers found shell casings at the scene and reached out to several area hospitals asking if any of them were treating a gunshot victim.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
When to start: Sow seeds indoors 8 weeks before the average last frost date in your area.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
His district covers parts of far west and southwest Fort Worth, including the area around TCU.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for area
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Tommies forward Ryan O’Neill forced a turnover deep in the Huskies’ zone and slipped the puck to linemate Alexandros Gaffney in the slot.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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The cautious quincunx between Venus and Jupiter today impacts your resource zone and your partnership arena, which means that your needs might not match up with those of your peers.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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That shooting prowess carried over into Friday night’s game, as Grand Canyon began the game shooting 10-for-13 from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 start from beyond the arc.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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While this idea sparked an entire field of research, experiments were long limited by the difficulty of controlling and measuring objects just a nanometer across.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast alongside a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen across the northwest and north-central regions over recent months.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of being a mere foot soldier following orders from more frontal brain regions, M1 helps plan, guide and coordinate action.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, in the elevated realm of whiskey auctioneering new benchmarks are still being set in 2026.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Snack on a Umm Ali pastry while sipping a karak chai (the local spiced tea, a mix of black tea, cardamom and condensed milk found on every street corner).—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But no one outside of the most credulous corners of the media are buying it.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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This constitutes the first clear proof-of-concept of organoids acting as adaptive computing elements.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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The loss of track time in Barcelona, though, doesn’t leave Vowles concerned, particularly given the Mercedes engine element of the equation and the remaining six days of preseason testing that are to come in Bahrain later this month.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Nanos and the sheriff's department did not return requests for comment.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Although the department’s immigration push has been infused with tens of billions of dollars in funds from legislation Congress passed last year, a shutdown of operations could affect other parts of the department’s budget, including TSA and FEMA.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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Purpose, experience, and domain mastery aren’t being displaced here; they’re being leveraged.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, the Hospital for Sick Children lost control of Motherisk’s web domain after the subscription lapsed.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Area.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/area. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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