locales

plural of locale
1
as in locations
the area or space occupied by or intended for something we found an ideal locale for our annual picnic

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2
as in settings
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 locales Those northern locales all forecast peak color in the first or second week of October. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024 Yes, people do best in locales where policy is least apparent. John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 Crawford County and Richland County lead reporting locales in the southern third of Wisconsin with 35%. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024 Fall color change is moving toward peak in a cluster of north-central and northwestern Wisconsin locales, according to the Fall Color Report posted by Travel Wisconsin. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024 The state is home to iconic climbing locales in the Tetons and the easily recognizable Devil’s Tower. Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
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Noun
  • The problem is particularly acute for large, global, and often siloed organizations, with people are spread out across locations and time zones.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • His script had been passed on all around town since 2016, with Baum saying it at one point involved 50 speaking parts, dozens of locations, and sprawled to 200 pages.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • After a bad injury, Simpson pivoted to a handful of different industries, from working in art galleries to building hospitality brands and venues.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The new partnership will see Verizon branding and activations across the MSG portfolio of venues, which includes Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Sphere in Las Vegas, among others.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The world’s leading manufacturer of guitar strings and accessories is going behind the scenes with their most innovative and influential artist ambassadors as part of the new artist session series, Big Sound.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Behind the scenes, generative AI platforms are trained and developed on massive datascapes and question snippets, leveraging billions of parameters constructed by software processing massive archives of images and text data.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Locales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locales. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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