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regionalism

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Recent Examples of regionalism Against a backdrop of West Coast street tableaux and shifting silhouettes, Lamar moved through a setlist that stitched together the urgency of regionalism with the intimacy of confession. — Essence, 3 Dec. 2025 The concept is not unlike the literary trope of regionalism or local color genre—telling the same core story, just tailoring the language and presentation for new audiences and global regions. — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025 But what was important to me was not their exact accents, but the regionalism and their bickering and bantering with one another. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025 Sarah Orne Jewett The 35th stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Sarah Orne Jewett, a foundational figure in American literary regionalism. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regionalism

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And history points toward consolidation not having a great impact on localism.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Both the ceramic and the chamoy traditions symbolize layers of culture as shaped by globalism and localism.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of localism

Noun

Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.

— Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Trotsky was repulsed by the Georgian’s pockmarked face, his coarse manners, his provincialism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026

Definition of provincialism

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There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.

— Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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Although the vernacular of prog rock has been an important part of Mastodon’s sound for the past 20 years, the group’s adventurous soloing comes even more to the fore on Marrow Deep.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
The electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOL in aerospace vernacular, generally will carry four passengers and a pilot.

— Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of vernacular

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With so many speakers in different places, Spanish has developed ten different main dialects.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Others argued that the characters should be speaking with Greek accents or even in an ancient Greek dialect to honor the source material’s roots in Greek mythology.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dialect

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Noe negotiated with Li Shan in a pidgin mix of French, English, and Cantonese as the workers fanned out on the wobbling platform, slipping on the slick bodies and shells of the catch.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The tree, called Nagafika in the local pidgin, was on the property when Aipen acquired it five years ago.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Definition of pidgin

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In response, the town shifted its marketing to late-night booze-ups and wedding parties (known, in British parlance, as stag dos and hen dos), and subsequently grew a reputation as a sandcastle Sodom.

— George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
In OpenAI's current parlance, a plugin is a bundle of apps, instructions, role-specific skills, and recurring workflows rather than an external application or a folder of sample prompts.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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