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regional

[ree-juh-nl] / ˈri dʒə nl /
ADJECTIVE
characteristic of a region
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US envoy to the meeting Massad Boulos called for the Council to take steps to curtail "external support" for the conflict that "risks drawing more regional actors and neighbors deeper into Sudan's conflict."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

“That’s a policy choice that does not change anything. It just reduces the cash that Treasury has on deposit,” Padhraic Garvey, regional head of research, Americas, for ING, said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

A foreign, rather than a regional accent, can also be a barrier.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Saxony-Anhalt, the state of 2.3 million people where Dessau is located, holds a regional election on Sept. 6.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Whiteman’s bones were in Blackwater Draw, which during the Pleistocene served as a wide, shallow regional drainage channel, a kind of long, slow-moving lake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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