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the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set
the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe
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Recent Examples of locale
Financial planning experts recommend that potential retirees reexamine their budgets, assess cost-of-living projections and consider alternative retirement locales if affordability is an issue.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The new locale is all about communing with nature, offering up plenty of spaces for guests to immerse themselves even further in the volcanic highlands.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
People in Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, and other Pacific Ocean locales will be able to see 80 percent of the sun eclipsed by the moon.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
The Leagues Cup could be used for this purpose, were it staged sometime between December and February in warmer Southern U.S. locales exclusively.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The new locale is all about communing with nature, offering up plenty of spaces for guests to immerse themselves even further in the volcanic highlands.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
People in Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, and other Pacific Ocean locales will be able to see 80 percent of the sun eclipsed by the moon.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
The Leagues Cup could be used for this purpose, were it staged sometime between December and February in warmer Southern U.S. locales exclusively.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locale
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Rain bands in Erin's expanding quadrants raked Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday night, with heavy rain and tropical storm force wind gusts of 40 - 50 mph, prompting flash flood warnings in some locations.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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McDonald’s fans may get an additional Lake Norman location to order their coffee, Big Macs and Quarter Pounders with Cheese soon.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Aug. 2025
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Kingsolver talks about Lee County, Virginia, which is both Higher Ground’s location and the setting for her wildly successful novel Demon Copperhead, which transforms Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield into a story of the opioid epidemic in Appalachia.—
Fiction Non Fiction
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Lockhart turns these arresting settings into her own stage, capturing the vivid blues and greens of nature, and the remote island’s distinctive geology and geography, while the children at play within the landscapes bring movement and surprise to her extended static takes.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The venue was put up for sale by The Buck Owens Private Foundation in July 2024.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
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Codify it in your phone favorites so panic doesn’t pick the venue.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Astro animations and tranquil scenes can help set the mood in the room via an Artistic Ambient Wall feature.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Aug. 2025
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The music magazine Sound Waves, which covers the music scene in southeastern Connecticut and parts of Rhode Island, is marking its 35th anniversary with a big show at the Garde in New London.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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Come spring and summer, those same doors roll up to the ceiling, transforming Gabbiano’s into an open-air gathering place where the boundary between indoors and out all but disappears.—
Chelsea Frank,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Fold your blankets, stack books your and magazines, and basically tidy up the place to reset your home every night.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
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Toward the end of the video, as Moulton joined other officers and search dogs to look for his suspect, he was called back to the crash site.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The waste will be transferred to the UNC mill site, according to the Department of Justice.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Locale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locale. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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