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Recent Examples of regional
The party is also expected to fare badly in regional and local elections in May.
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Smith took over as Hongkong Land’s CEO in 2024, after spending more than seven years at Singapore developer Mapletree, most recently as its regional CEO, and an executive board member of the firm’s industrial trust.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Plohetski also has received multiple regional Emmy awards and was named Best Television Reporter by the Texas Association of Broadcasters and the Texas Headliners Foundation in 2023.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Melinda Dugas, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Charlotte District Office, in the statement.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Smith took over as Hongkong Land’s CEO in 2024, after spending more than seven years at Singapore developer Mapletree, most recently as its regional CEO, and an executive board member of the firm’s industrial trust.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Plohetski also has received multiple regional Emmy awards and was named Best Television Reporter by the Texas Association of Broadcasters and the Texas Headliners Foundation in 2023.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Melinda Dugas, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Charlotte District Office, in the statement.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
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Kato is talking with local schools about turning Mardi Gras bead-making into a community project.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Here is how some countries stack up, based on information compiled by CNBC from national Olympic committees, sports associations and local reports.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Though the creator was surprised to hear Dunster’s dialectical take on the role.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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This dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) tactic balances the nervous system, taking us from a sympathetic response back to a parasympathetic state.—
Stefanie Groner,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
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Because industrial distribution involves custom pricing, nonstandard specifications, and complex processing services, every revenue-generating operation typically requires human intervention.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 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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Some authors of quasi-impossible books like Nabokov (Ada, or Ardor), Pynchon (Gravity’s Rainbow) and Wallace (Infinite Jest) nevertheless manage to write unfailingly entertaining sentences that never lose a certain vernacular crackle, and that are often funny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Poverty pimp entered the vernacular as shorthand for a nonprofit leader who became expert at accessing federal money while deflecting oversight demands as anti-poor.—
Stephen Eide,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 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
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Political interference, informal blacklists of filmmakers, and public attacks on artists have become systemic.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Guests will encounter Alice, enjoy boutique shopping, and indulge in teas, pastries, tea sandwiches, champagne, live music, and informal modeling.—
Dawn Giangiulio,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 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 20 Feb. 2026.
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