areas

plural of area

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Recent Examples of areas Meanwhile, Zalando is set to purchase its German rival About You, with plans to grab more European market share and collaborate in areas such as business-to-business, logistics and payments. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025 Naples and Palm Beach County are among the most expensive areas for gas. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 Many Republican lawmakers who represent rural areas are skeptical of those programs because there are few private schools in their districts, so their constituents have little to gain. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025 Big kid who goes to the hard areas and front of the net. Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 As the figure below shows, most of the country’s metro areas were affordable in 1980, defined as having a median home price to median income ratio of four or less (light and dark blue metros). Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 The business community is also bracing for potential impacts, with some worried that the new tolls could discourage shoppers and visitors, potentially leading to reduced foot traffic and sales in the affected areas. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 There is some evidence that people with less formal education are particularly unlikely to move to metro areas with the most job opportunities. Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Companies, recognizing the economic pressures on their workforce, may establish satellite offices in areas outside Manhattan to reduce the financial strain on their employees. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for areas
Noun
  • Ski patrollers are responsible for safety on the mountain, monitoring both slow zones and high traffic areas as well as leading avalanche mitigation, responding to medical and safety incidents, and monitoring conditions on the mountain, among other duties.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Sleet and freezing rain zones could see a quarter-inch or more of ice accumulation, with the potential for dayslong power outages.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States, which is made up of agencies including the departments of Treasury and Justice, expressed reservations about the deal to the companies in a letter last month.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.
    Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Broken down by regions of the state, the lights trail highlights lighting ceremonies and public displays and events.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The female brain processes more information simultaneously and uses more brain regions during the day compared to the male brain.
    Sofía Esquivel, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And so the entire experience was designed to help people understand what these three realms mean to them.
    Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Because LLMs are trained on massive datasets, these models can be biased due to the data used to train the models, leading to poor performance in specialized domains.
    Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • However, they are trained on diverse datasets, which can result in a lack of customization for specific enterprise needs, like domains.
    Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Some of the stream's elements worked, but it was still plagued by technical mishaps.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But what stood out the most about the whole look was none of these elements.
    María Munsuri, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down.
    David Ljunggren, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Whatever the reasons for the casting decisions, the Roman empire really did house people of innumerable ethnicities in provinces ranging from Scotland to Arabia.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Her specialties include acne, moles, skin cancer, and eczema.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Oncologists have had a head start on translating somatic-mutation science into practice, but doing the same in other specialties—including mine—may prove challenging.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Areas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/areas. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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