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as in wherever
at, in, or to what place where will you be tonight?

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as in how
in what manner or way I cannot see where the explanation is mistaken

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where

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noun

as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something we've decided on the when, but we still haven't resolved the where for the party

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Recent Examples of where
Adverb
Freeridge's premiere season ended with an epic cliffhanger that raised many questions about where the plot will go if it's picked up for another season. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 3 Feb. 2023 Each new year is a fresh opportunity to collectively redouble our efforts to make North Texas a place where every single neighbor has the access and opportunity to thrive. Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
Noun
Because one important lesson of life is the where and when of things. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2019 The next step is to get a development agreement with the orchestra that will outline the where and what. Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018 See All Example Sentences for where
Recent Examples of Synonyms for where
Adverb
  • His restaurants, New York, England — wherever.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Listen to the acceptance speeches on Sunday night: Dollars to donuts, someone will mention a seminal Tony moment, sitting cross-legged as a kid in front of a screen in Iowa, or wherever, and dreaming of picking up a Tony at Radio City Musical Hall.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
Adverb
  • The Strap Tank was given the moniker because of how the bike's fuel and oil tank are attached to the cross-bar of the frame via nickel straps.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • At the event, Henningsen will discuss the six motivations people principally have when flirting and share how the nature of flirting creates the potential for miscommunication, organizers said.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Unfortunately for him, Judge Arun Subramanian shot down the request as the Bureau of Prisons will accommodate general locations for sentences, but not specific prisons.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Firth’s isolated location within Ivvavik National Park—created as part of a 1984 land claim agreement and comanaged by Parks Canada and the Inuvialuit—has kept this wild waterway pristine.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Trump also revoked Bolton's security detail, which was in place because of threats from Iran.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How does a company become—and stay—a great place to work?
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Public happens to be the very same venue where Hamilton made its off-Broadway debut inFebruary 2015, before moving to Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre that August.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Twickenham became the second stadium used in 2016, and Tottenham was added to the venue rotation in ’19.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • The Miami site is currently used as an employee parking lot for Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus and is adjacent to the historic Freedom Tower, which served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fled communism in the 1960s and 1970s and sought asylum in the United States.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The collection prelaunched with a dedicated pop-up at Tokyo’s department store Isetan Shinjuku and rolls out internationally starting Thursday at the brand’s flagships, retail partners and on the brand’s e-commerce site.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025

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