regional

adjective

Definition of regionalnext
1
as in local

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2
as in dialectal

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Recent Examples of regional And if Iran got the bomb its regional neighbors would likely try to do so, as well. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 Harvester arranged for a taxi-driver named Deniz to pick me up at the regional airport and bring me south to Kilis. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Details surface about airport fatalities The attack struck an airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2026 Jose Zamora, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ regional director of the Americas, on Saturday criticized the administration’s decision to investigate. — Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
  1. local
  2. dialectal
  3. dialectical
  4. nonstandard
  5. vernacular
  6. colloquial
  7. nonliterary
  8. informal
Adjective
  • The pair made an exploratory trip to Korea around this time last year to meet people in the local industry and ask what role Gold House could play.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Sox even invoked images of Little League players enjoying some postgame ice cream with their buddies at the local Dairy Queen.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of local
Adjective
  • In Salento, each town nestled into a shallow valley or slim rise has its own dialectal name for the almond in its varied manifestations—as tree, as fruit, as orchard.
    — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
Definition of dialectal
Adjective
  • The dialectic moves between crashing despair and hovering hope.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of dialectical
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of nonstandard
Adjective
  • On the one hand, there’s a fascination with collective joy and the forms of vernacular invention that aspire to it; on the other, there’s an underlying melancholy that points to the inevitability of isolation, an epistemology of loneliness.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Undaunted, the couple embarked on a renovation, working with a local builder and an architect who understood the rustic vernacular architecture associated with Glacier National Park.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of vernacular
Adjective
  • The theme uses a colloquial phrase almost like a mathematical function.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Years later in an interview with NPR, Díaz discussed his efforts to blend formal Dominican Spanish, colloquial Spanish, pop culture references, and everyday American speech into his narrative.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of colloquial
Adjective
  • Most of the people on this list worked nonliterary jobs before becoming a successful writer.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Definition of nonliterary
Adjective
  • Despite this informal, jam-forward approach, however, Silk Fence appear to be chasing something; an understated but steady coherence gives direction to even their most wandering moments.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In practice, that might mean designing for informal meetings as well as formal ones.
    — Brendan Castle, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of informal

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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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