as in venue
the area or space occupied by or intended for something we chose the historic church on Main Street as the location for the ceremony

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Recent Examples of location The Hollywood Reporter reports that the Colorado union also walked out on February 14, just hours before the Manhattan and Brooklyn locations joined them. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025 The woman was found at another location and arrested without incident, officials said. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025 Geographical location's influence may also be felt in this year's matchup. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 Waffle House has implemented a new 50-cent per egg surcharge at its roughly 2,100 locations across the U.S., the chain said in a statement shared with USA TODAY. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for location
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Noun
  • Steyer praised the venue’s outstanding acoustics and piano.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Compared to the typical track and field meet where multiple competitions take place simultaneously in the same venue, Grand Slam Track will run just a single race at a time during a competition weekend.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps a sign of the times, the drama series debuted in second place on the English-language TV list with 19.1M views.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The open-source system provides street addresses for people or places that don’t have one.
    Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At a time when people are having to remember multiple complex passwords across many sites, password managers are essential.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The massive road network is still being built and no passenger cars were around the construction site.
    Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His new spot was in the same DUMBO location as his original Grimaldi’s, and next door to Ciolli’s present-day Grimaldi’s.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • An offshore barrier reef helps keep the beach's water gentle and calm and also makes for an exciting snorkeling spot. 6.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • To ensure that the War on Poverty attacked discrimination directly, Shriver and OEO withheld federal funds if states and localities failed to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
    Ryan LaRochelle / Made by History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
  • States and localities must fulfill their constitutional and moral mandate to educate all students, even if that means standing up to the president.
    Josh Rosenthal, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Location.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/location. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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