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locales

NOUN

physical setting

Synonyms

WEAK

area bailiwick belt district domain haunt hole home location locus neck of the woods neighborhood place position region scene sector site sphere spot stage stomping ground territory theater tract turf venue vicinity zone

NOUN

setting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

locality location neighborhood venue

STRONG

area bailiwick belt district domain haunt hole home locus place position region scene sector site sphere spot stage territory theater tract turf vicinity zone

WEAK

stomping ground

Antonyms

STRONG

benefit unemployment

Example Sentences

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“Love Island” isn’t cheap to make, costing more than $40 million per season due to the number of episodes and exotic locales, but it is profitable, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Josh pals around with the club’s impossibly wealthy members, serves them rare brown liquors and flies off with them to exotic locales at a moment’s notice.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

LIV Golf has been popular in golf-starved locales such as Australia and South Africa, but TV ratings are low everywhere and interest in events held in the United States is tepid.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

They’re also often in gorgeous locales, so visitors can combine unregulated therapies with a stay at a luxury hotel and days spent on white-sand beaches.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

If you doubt that this is the case, consider the effect of the war on the ground, in specific locales.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander