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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
If the president maintains similar aspirations for U.S. apparel manufacturing, locales with factories associated with China could be susceptible to a similar blueprint.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025
Research has shown this is due in part to larger cities hosting a wider variety of occupations, as well as more specialty positions, than smaller locales.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Klein, who has homes in other locales, declined to comment through a spokesperson Tuesday.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
As autonomy capability is tested in one situation (mining in remote regions in Australia), the challenge is to translate it into other locales and applications (like quarrying in semi-urban locations in the USA).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025
Research has shown this is due in part to larger cities hosting a wider variety of occupations, as well as more specialty positions, than smaller locales.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Klein, who has homes in other locales, declined to comment through a spokesperson Tuesday.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
As autonomy capability is tested in one situation (mining in remote regions in Australia), the challenge is to translate it into other locales and applications (like quarrying in semi-urban locations in the USA).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for locale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locale
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Reassignment locations Nagy's email gives the officials the options of working in a variety of places that are a mix of states, cities and reservations.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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Both routes will operate once a week, and Delta will be the only U.S. carrier with nonstop service to both locations from Atlanta.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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But North of North draws strength from the specificity of its unusual-for-TV setting.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the book’s epilogue jumps ahead to 2195 and reveals that the main narrative of the novel is a transcription of audio tapes discovered long after the fall of Gilead that are being presented in an academic setting.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 2025
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The festival will take place across numerous London venues including Barbican Centre, ICA, and Rich Mix, among others.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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Several upgrades have taken place since the pandemic at a venue that hosts about 150 events per year.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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And the 2000s indie scene belongs to the Garden State soundtrack.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The next scene reveals that the cowboys sent out to find Jack have discovered his body on the trail.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The administration expects the new rates to remain in place until the U.S. narrows a $1.2 trillion trade imbalance recorded last year.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Elizabeth Street Garden, located between between Spring and Prince streets, has long been a community gathering place for artists and city dwellers.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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Mount Dora hosts traveling exhibition on American Revolution The W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora has been chosen as one of four sites in Florida to host the The American Revolution Experience, a traveling pop-up exhibition designed to bring the story of the nation’s origin to life.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The average price jumped 17% for new vehicles between January and December of 2021, according to data from car buying site Edmunds.com.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Locale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locale. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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