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Recent Examples of regional
As governments around the world seek greater control over strategic technologies, Europe’s latest semiconductor milestone suggests trusted regional manufacturing is evolving beyond policy ambitions.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The regional efforts represent crucial steps if Tesla wants to seriously operate a thriving commercial rideshare business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
As part of our commitment to transparency, customers were informed of the broader regional conditions currently affecting the construction industry, including pressures on logistics and material supply chains.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Council members agreed that the city must first assemble a complete record of the regional athletic park before advancing major decisions.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The regional efforts represent crucial steps if Tesla wants to seriously operate a thriving commercial rideshare business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
As part of our commitment to transparency, customers were informed of the broader regional conditions currently affecting the construction industry, including pressures on logistics and material supply chains.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Council members agreed that the city must first assemble a complete record of the regional athletic park before advancing major decisions.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
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After flying overnight from San Antonio back to the Big Apple, Jose Alvarado, also a native New Yorker, took part in a local Puerto Rican Day Parade, and the mayor joined him in the fun.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Yamal first arrived at the Catalan giant aged 7, having previously played for his local club La Torreta.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Firpi concluded that Saenz should receive dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, an intensive therapy originally developed for self-harming women with borderline personality disorder that is now also used to treat PTSD, eating disorders and substance use.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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One of the most practical tools Alexander gained from this classical Greek tradition was the Socratic method (or dialectic method).—
Steve Muscato,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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This can even affect nonstandard English speakers or people who speak a variety of English that differs from the mainstream varieties privileged in courts and schools.—
Carol Rose Little,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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Diamonds with nonstandard colors are more difficult to value, as the principle of supply and demand applies here.—
Rodion Ksonzenko,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2026
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That’s for sure when people speak patois, a vernacular version of English that’s based on a culture’s intonation.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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In Nepal, Meti is a vernacular social category for people assigned male at birth who live and present in feminine ways.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
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Its name refers to the colloquial term once used for Papaya—paw-paw.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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The Solons name refers to an ancient Greek lawmaker, whose name later became a colloquial term for wise legislators, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Most of the people on this list worked nonliterary jobs before becoming a successful writer.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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The largely informal opposition had consisted mainly of local cities that warned another sales tax would disproportionately burden the poorest residents and force shoppers across the county border in hopes of finding lower costs.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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An informal settlement is a residential area where housing units have been constructed without official rights to the land.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
10 June 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 16 Jun. 2026.
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