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 eight pages carried U.S. State Department insignia and contained information on the summit meetings, locations, and phone numbers for three U.S. government staffers. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025 Plans for the San Diego location are underway and the school is required to obtain numerous approvals, including for the off-campus instructional site plan and accreditation, Downing said. Jordan D. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025 The closest office to the aforementioned South Florida locations is the Miami district office, which is 14621 Oak Ln. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for location
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Noun
  • The venue was put up for sale by The Buck Owens Private Foundation in July 2024.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Codify it in your phone favorites so panic doesn’t pick the venue.
    John Samuels, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Ford expects this new assembly model to increase production speeds at LAP by up to 40% when compared to the speed of production of the current Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair, which are currently built on site.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Who runs Taylor Nation? Taylor Nation, which includes social media accounts that post updates on Swift, merch deals, videos and more, is run by the singer's in-house marketing and public relations team, per Swift's fandom site.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Padres still have a great chance of winning a wild-card playoff spot and advancing to the postseason.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • However, there is one vacation spot people are advised to stay away from, the coastal Acapulco.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But there are exceptions in some localities, which could reserve spaces for residents and indicate various restrictions on street signs.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
  • These are American jewels and many people don’t understand our FCC is there to protect locality, and the guy who was the charge, Tom Wheeler, was great at that.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 July 2025

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“Location.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/location. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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