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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 This island nation of 22 million is a place where leopards slip like a whisper through the undergrowth, blue whales breach offshore, tea estates paint the hill region a lush green, and ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples whisper stories of centuries past. Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025 As of Monday morning, tens of millions were under winter storm advisories and hundreds of thousand were without power as the storm began rolling into the Mid-Atlantic region, stretching from southern Illinois to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 Scarred by violence, Muslim Mindanao remains a volatile region. Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Protective zones have been established for unaffected regions, with poultry farms in these areas undergoing multiple weekly tests. Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for region 
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Noun
  • Times staff across the metropolitan area — from Long Beach to Echo Park and beyond — received the alert, which did not appear to discriminate by distance from any particular fire.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The centers have become refuges for many whose lives have been upended by the unprecedented fires that continue to ravage the Los Angeles area.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • The 85-year-old Vitale underwent surgery in June after a biopsy of the lymph node in his neck came back cancerous, marking his fourth cancer diagnosis.
    Jenna West and Andrew Marchand, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The victim was stabbed in the neck during a fight inside the Selwyn Ave. apartment near East Mount Eden Ave. — just a block away from Claremont Park — about 1:30 a.m., cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • Mitchell said some relatives tried to intervene and help but were stopped by firefighters from entering the evacuation zone.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Twelve people were missing within the Eaton Fire zone and four were missing from the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
    Marc Sternfield, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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  • The Interior Department oversees a large swath of federal land and areas offshore, including regions that produce a quarter of U.S. oil.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate from their homes and vast amounts of land have been destroyed.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • Fink acknowledged the challenges of antibodies getting to the GI tract and said the company’s actively monitoring that as part of its development process.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • These organs absorb nutrients from food and move the contents along the GI tract.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Region.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/region. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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