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as in dialectal
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Recent Examples of regional
The top performers move on to in-person regional, quarterfinals, and semifinal events throughout the spring, and the best of the best punch their tickets to the Games in August.
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Similar to Luckin, the drink offerings rotate through supposedly regional flavors, like matcha latte with tofu pudding.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Brazil's Botafogo is the most recent winner of the top South American regional tournament, Copa Libertadores.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 13 June 2025
In Russia's northwest Murmansk, which borders Finland, regional Gov. Andrey Chibis said enemy drones had attacked unspecified targets.
—Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Similar to Luckin, the drink offerings rotate through supposedly regional flavors, like matcha latte with tofu pudding.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Brazil's Botafogo is the most recent winner of the top South American regional tournament, Copa Libertadores.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 13 June 2025
In Russia's northwest Murmansk, which borders Finland, regional Gov. Andrey Chibis said enemy drones had attacked unspecified targets.
—Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
Adjective
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Two local guys had the idea of turning the derelict elevated railroad tracks into a garden walkway—the High Line.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Community participation will be crucial to the effort as the conservancy works to document buildings and sites, as well as more ephemeral heritage such as local traditions, oral histories and cultural practices.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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But the turn that’s needed—one that could show who the characters are behind their dialectical façades—isn’t the one that comes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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That makes for an interesting combination of permeability and a nonstandard, random-looking pattern.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 May 2025
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Faster processing times, but nonstandard documents may be harder to categorize.—
Haokun Qin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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For Forbes, learning the defense itself wasn’t as intensive as understanding the Rams’ techniques and vernacular.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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Originally appearing in Latin or Greek, several stories of transgender saints made their way into vernacular languages.—
Sarah Barringer,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope Trollope is a more colloquial writer.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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In the hallways and informal corners of the convention center, old ideas resurfaced in sharper, more polished form.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Poor areas with informal housing were the worst affected, government officials said.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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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The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.—
Michael Plummer,
Forbes,
3 June 2022
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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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