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regionalism

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Recent Examples of regionalism African Americans carried with them agricultural and cooking techniques as their cultures were subjected to enslavement, migration, innovation, and regionalism. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for regionalism

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Noun

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

The condescension was of its time, a provincialism of the art world, ironically.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of provincialism

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The multigenerational family epic is one of my favorite kinds of novels, and Min Jin Lee is a master of that idiom.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
In that context, all three filmmakers agreed that, while English films are on the rise, the idiom is just another card on their table—and Swiss directors are eager to play their hands.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of idiom

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Owner and chef Stefania Marchesini, who fished professionally herself for 11 years, pays a premium to local fishermen, especially for soft-shell crabs known in the local dialect as moeche.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language.

— Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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

Noun

Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
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

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