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Recent Examples of regionalism
But European regionalism has always also included ethnic and cultural elements connected to Christianity and whiteness.
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Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
But regionalism in Connecticut, Yankees don’t want to hear that.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Many Libyans argue that regionalism is exaggerated, and a recent survey from the University of Benghazi found that a majority of Libyans support a unified state.
—Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013
Mass media and corporate marketing spelled an end to regionalism, creating an artificial culture that can be mass-produced and mass-marketed.
—Joel Selvin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
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Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
But regionalism in Connecticut, Yankees don’t want to hear that.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Many Libyans argue that regionalism is exaggerated, and a recent survey from the University of Benghazi found that a majority of Libyans support a unified state.
—Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013
Mass media and corporate marketing spelled an end to regionalism, creating an artificial culture that can be mass-produced and mass-marketed.
—Joel Selvin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regionalism
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This is where Sridhar Vembu’s passion for transnational localism comes into play.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Excessive localism leads to huge inequalities between jurisdictions and strips property taxes of their function of providing homeowners with some protections against property value declines, Schleicher said.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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This was the mid-nineteen-sixties, when Canada was coming out of that provincialism and into its own.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Such provincialism results in little or no coordination between ministries and undermines the capacity for broad strategic planning and implementation -- both of which are necessary to solve the country’s infrastructure and services deficits.—
Raad Alkadiri,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Mar. 2011
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But the nature of all idioms is that their meaning cannot be deduced from their components; the phrase kicked the bucket does not put the English speaker in the mind of an actual bucket, just as the word death does not remind him terribly of the letter D.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the artifacts and ephemera that captured the sounds and spirit of that era.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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This could involve helping systems learn colloquialisms and proper usages of terms.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Outlets including The Wall Street Journal and CNN identified the vernacular for this courtesy: a gimme.—
Matthew Purdy,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Studio Collins Weir Studio Collins Weir designed this space to build on the warm materialism of the architecture and play to the agrarian vernacular of the Mill Valley, California, project.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2025
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Many learners struggle with deciding whether to focus on MSA or a regional dialect, which impacts their ability to communicate effectively in real-world scenarios.—
Geoffrey Alphonso,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Koine Greek—the dialect of the New Testament—was then the lingua franca of the eastern-Mediterranean world, although, of course, familiarity with it ranged from erudite scholarship to learning a few words for the sake of haggling in the marketplace.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Ambitious and ultra-local, with pummeling percussion and fierce taunts in Nigerian pidgin, the album Rema was nominated for — last year’s Heis — boldly honored his roots and commanded respect.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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Eventually, my family became adept at speaking a pidgin of English, Korean, and Japanese.—
Victoria Song,
The Verge,
18 Apr. 2024
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The number of rocket launches has increased dramatically in recent years, leading pilots and academics to warn about a growing danger in the air for flights that have only minutes to get out of harm’s way when a mishap — as explosions and other failures are called in industry parlance — occurs.—
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica,
15 May 2025
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Grace, in contemporary internet parlance, often means forgiveness.—
Dorothy Fortenberry,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2025
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“Regionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regionalism. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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