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Recent Examples of regional
With Phoebe’s bringing its local following to a new neighborhood and Snooze continuing its regional expansion, Austin brunch fans will soon have more options to satisfy morning cravings.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
One option would be to create a regional sports complex by working with the county to acquire the old K-Mart and merge it with Sam Brannon Park.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Each regional manager is effectively responsible for thousands of micro-decisions per week, informed by hundreds of reports, dashboards, audits, reviews, and operational signals.
—Michael Wystrach, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
United, Delta and American airlines all employ regional airlines that use CRJ on their feeder flights.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
One option would be to create a regional sports complex by working with the county to acquire the old K-Mart and merge it with Sam Brannon Park.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Each regional manager is effectively responsible for thousands of micro-decisions per week, informed by hundreds of reports, dashboards, audits, reviews, and operational signals.
—Michael Wystrach, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
United, Delta and American airlines all employ regional airlines that use CRJ on their feeder flights.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 29 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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Not infrequently, the questions of the past that is never lost and is irreplaceable in western art arise like a fascism, or a subordination to what remains of its dialectic nature, that relies on myth to legitimate fascism’s inseparable relation to beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 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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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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Built between 1929 and 1938, the residence reflects Plunkett’s mastery of California vernacular architecture.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
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The rooms Guest rooms and suites have been nearly completely redone, corner to corner, and brought into a modern design vernacular.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Nearly two dozen European football association heads held informal talks in Budapest last week to discuss their participation in the World Cup.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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But they were still politically left behind, among the millions of informal squatters who lived in Manila without owning any of it.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 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 31 Jan. 2026.
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