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Recent Examples of regional
Penn Entertainment — The gaming stock rallied 15% after the company's first-quarter results beat expectations, fueled by strength from the company's regional casinos and interactive segments.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Based in Broomfield, Vail Resorts owns 37 resorts and regional ski areas across North America, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte in Colorado.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Eco effort For ecological reasons, the property exclusively works with local, regional, and seasonal products to minimize environmental impact and food miles.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Based in Broomfield, Vail Resorts owns 37 resorts and regional ski areas across North America, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte in Colorado.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Eco effort For ecological reasons, the property exclusively works with local, regional, and seasonal products to minimize environmental impact and food miles.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
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The Good Jobs First report recommends that all states fully report their losses from data center tax breaks, including how those incentives affect local revenue streams.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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This was despite Richardson’s aversion to the local fauna in Louisiana, where much of the movie was shot.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy have been found to be significantly helpful for building self-esteem and coping with difficult emotions.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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Narrow bathrooms, round or unusual plumbing configurations may require nonstandard shower and tub configurations.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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State and federal officials have cited driver and pedestrian safety as the chief reason for removing nonstandard crosswalks.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The sound of motorbikes and cars fade as birds take over with their harmonies all around Nai Lert’s Thai vernacular style all-teak vacation home, built in 1915.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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This pattern blends the storytelling rhythm of the Persian mas̄navī (narrative poem written in rhyming couplets) with vernacular Hindi verse forms.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The number 420 itself has also become shorthand for marijuana culture, often used as a colloquial reference to the plant and the act of consuming it.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Gnat isn't a scientific term so much as a colloquial one.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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In South Africa the Singita Lowveld Trust and AndBeyond’s Wild Impact teamed up to launch the Hustle Economy, a program that identifies and mentors community members with micro-enterprises such as spaza shops, hair-care services, jewelry retail, and informal eateries.—
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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In an email, Roberts said Foster played no formal or informal role in linking him to the player.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 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 25 Apr. 2026.
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