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locale

[loh-kal, -kahl] / loʊˈkæl, -ˈkɑl /


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For those who make a living in tourism, the Timber fire marks nature’s latest blow to Big Sur, a beloved, yet often plagued, coastal locale.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Swift has ties to several US cities and guesswork about the locale has reached fever pitch.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Lee’s return to public view was aided by locale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

As an artist in residence at BroadStage, he recognized Santa Monica as an ideal locale for a jazz festival.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

But if we wish to find the Earth, we must redirect our course to the remote outskirts of the Galaxy, to an obscure locale near the edge of a distant spiral arm.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The fact that Aedes mosquitoes keep showing up in new locales does not necessarily mean those places will go on to experience disease outbreaks.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

News in March, the actor said that being able to spend time in both locales had been wonderful for his children, because it effectively gave them a real taste of two totally different lifestyles.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Memories, on the other hand, are stored redundantly in many locales.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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