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the area or space occupied by or intended for something
this field is the intended site for a new shopping mall
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Recent Examples of sites
Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Beyond the practical considerations like stadium sites and financing, experts say the MLB will also examine cities’ demographics and corporate presence.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
AltaMed doctors and medical professionals traded stethoscopes for fliers advertising voting sites and canvassed neighborhoods in Santa Ana ahead of the June 2 primary on Tuesday to connect with residents who had been diagnosed as low-propensity or inconsistent voters.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Listings posted to 100+ partner sites, job alert emails and social media pages.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
E-commerce has emerged as the most popular way to make extra cash, with people selling handmade goods, secondhand items and various digital products on sites like eBay, Etsy and Facebook Marketplace.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Industrial sites are embedded in communities across Southern California, often to the surprise of their neighbors.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
That spectrogram apparently enabled a number of individuals to reconstruct audio versions of the pilots’ voices and other sounds from the cockpit voice recording, with examples appearing on social media sites such as X and Reddit.
—ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
Their Own Rooted Pinot Noir is made from old-vine sites that were planted more than 30 years ago.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 22 May 2026
Noun
The strikes have also targeted regions with biblical significance, threatening historical and archaeological sites.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Beyond the practical considerations like stadium sites and financing, experts say the MLB will also examine cities’ demographics and corporate presence.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
AltaMed doctors and medical professionals traded stethoscopes for fliers advertising voting sites and canvassed neighborhoods in Santa Ana ahead of the June 2 primary on Tuesday to connect with residents who had been diagnosed as low-propensity or inconsistent voters.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Listings posted to 100+ partner sites, job alert emails and social media pages.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
E-commerce has emerged as the most popular way to make extra cash, with people selling handmade goods, secondhand items and various digital products on sites like eBay, Etsy and Facebook Marketplace.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Industrial sites are embedded in communities across Southern California, often to the surprise of their neighbors.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
That spectrogram apparently enabled a number of individuals to reconstruct audio versions of the pilots’ voices and other sounds from the cockpit voice recording, with examples appearing on social media sites such as X and Reddit.
—ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
Their Own Rooted Pinot Noir is made from old-vine sites that were planted more than 30 years ago.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sites
Noun
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Ukraine this year has rapidly developed its medium and long-range drones to attack Russian targets, including Moscow’s oil facilities and other locations far beyond the frontlines.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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As Sacramento prepared for Election Day, voters had already begun Monday to return ballots at early voting and vote-by-mail ballot drop-off locations, such as the California Museum in downtown Sacramento.—
Velvet Wu
June 1,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Cousteau roots his pitch in economics.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 May 2026
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This is a high-spirited opening for curious neighbors and travelers alike, with a mischievous sense of fun that firmly roots guests in their destination.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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And that call came from Stanford Live, the multidisciplinary arts organization that presents shows at a number of venues on the Stanford campus.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Such venues were the office space of August Wilson, who claimed that listening in on conversations helped shape his astounding facility for translating natural human speech to the stage.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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While Xugana was one of the first Delta lodges to open in 1974 as part of the Desert & Delta portfolio, in 2025, the property unveiled a complete rebuild.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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In addition, through diplomatic channels in both Beijing and Tokyo, Japan lodges strong representations and protests, stating that maritime and scientific surveys conducted in our EEZ without Japan's consent are unacceptable and must be immediately stopped.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Take inventory of your life this year, and let go of people, places and things that have held you back.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, The Cut, Tin House, The Guardian, Guernica, The Normal School, The Poetry Foundation, Lambda Literary, and many other places.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
Verb
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But the decision sets up a circuit court split with rulings from the fifth and eighth circuits.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2026
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Wentz re-signed in March for a second season with the Vikings, which sets up a completely opposite scenario for McCarthy from 2025.—
Matthew Davis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Selfie sticks For the safety and comfort of all guests, guests may only bring selfie sticks, handheld extension poles and tripods no longer than 18 inches on board, for use in most areas.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The step-by-step approach matters because going cold turkey rarely sticks.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Matthew Kriner, executive director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism, said that the very creation of the video and document for public consumption strongly situates this attack within a specific subculture of far-right extremism.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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The disarmament thus takes place as an ecological project, one that situates AI within the broad sweep of human culture and that orients it towards human flourishing, not toward warfare, monopolistic power, or new inequalities.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
25 May 2026
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