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area

Definition for area

noun as in extent, scope of a surface

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field, operation, range, space

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Ms Smith said she was planning on moving away from the Warwickshire Police force area.

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Mr Phillips was known as an experienced hunter and bushman who knew the area he disappeared into well.

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The three other secondaries run by Dudley Academies Trust are introducing similar security measures - a response, says the trust, to the high knife-crime rate in the West Midlands Police area.

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The initial staging area, which was in the path of the evacuation route and the fire, was consumed by flames within 30 minutes, the report said.

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Deputy US Marshal Brian Fair, of the Eastern District of Louisiana, told CBS News that a tip led investigators to track Groves to the Atlanta area.

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