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as in area
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you look in the upper left region of the sky, you can see the constellation Orion

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as in neck
a broad geographical area corn is mostly grown in the central regions of the country

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Recent Examples of region Being able to welcome and accommodate large numbers of passengers with ease can help bring prosperity to a region. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 In regions where Lyme disease is already present, milder winters result in fewer disease-carrying ticks dying during cold months, the agency notes. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 7 July 2025 All of the camel milk used in the study was from one farm, which limits the generalizability of the findings, as milk composition can vary by region, camel breed, and environment. New Atlas, 6 July 2025 This year’s lineup showcases an exceptional slate of films representing both the Hudson region and international perspectives, reflecting the festival’s belief in the unifying power of cinema. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for region
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Noun
  • What Readers Loved The top 25 islands this year span a huge area: The northernmost winner is Bermuda (No. 10), located in the North Atlantic, while the southernmost include the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba (No. 11), Bonaire (No. 17), and Curaçao (No. 8), all just about 50 miles from Venezuela.
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • Edward Burke on Tuesday was released early to spend the rest of his sentence in the Chicago area, according to federal officials.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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  • An autopsy declared his cause of his death was asphyxia by neck compression.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
  • How the heart freckle tattoo got started Smith did her first heart freckle tattoo around two years ago, for a client who wanted a line of them trailing down her neck.
    Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Tennessee is split between the Eastern and Central time zones.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
  • Active search and rescue operations are ongoing, and crews require a 100-yard clearance zone on both sides of the creeks.
    Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
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  • There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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  • That could negate the need for costly and invasive methods of GI tract investigation – like endoscopy and computerized tomography (CT) – that can only be used in hospitals.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • The hospital also had a failing score for urinary tract infections from catheters.
    Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025

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“Region.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/region. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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