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regional

adjective

Definition of regionalnext
1
as in local

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as in dialectal

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Recent Examples of regional Around this time, Kingsolver was accused of cheating in a regional essay contest. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The regional business is headed by Daniel Hernández Bocanegra, managing director of Secuoya Studios in Latin America, with Pierluigi Gazzolo serving as a strategic adviser through Farniente Media. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 Looking forward, much will depend on the CDU’s influential regional leaders. — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The facility will supply electricity to the regional grid and provide APG with a more reliable power supply. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 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
  • AmaWaterways arranges pre- and post-cruise stays of several nights in both cities with luxury accommodations, cultural exploration led by local experts, and transfers between hotel and ship.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The step is designed to approve a local company's application for importing a two-drug combination pack consisting of mifepristone and misoprostol.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 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 colloquial names are fun, but can be confusing, because there’s also a plant called brown-eyed Susan, which is different from the black-eyed Susan.
    — Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Silent sleep apnea is a colloquial term for the form of the condition that occurs without the loud, disruptive snoring most people associate with it.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 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 its informal format, the encounter carries considerable symbolic significance after decades of strained relations between Washington and Caracas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • College football kickers have started communicating with each other through informal group chats and social media to negotiate contracts, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of informal

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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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