as in venue
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
we chose the historic church on Main Street as the location for the ceremony
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Recent Examples of location
The goal was the same in each location: collect stories and understand how people were living.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Todd Smith, In-N-Out’s development manager said that these hours would be consistent across all locations, including the three restaurants already operating in the Valley.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2025
Hy-Vee Save A Lot Sprouts Farmers Market Sun Fresh Market, most locations
Trader Joe’s
Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets
Price Chopper’s hours vary by location — check with your local store for details.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Next, follow the location tips for optimal Wi-Fi extender functionality (around 50 feet from each device).
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Todd Smith, In-N-Out’s development manager said that these hours would be consistent across all locations, including the three restaurants already operating in the Valley.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2025
Hy-Vee Save A Lot Sprouts Farmers Market Sun Fresh Market, most locations
Trader Joe’s
Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets
Price Chopper’s hours vary by location — check with your local store for details.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Next, follow the location tips for optimal Wi-Fi extender functionality (around 50 feet from each device).
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for location
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The vessel will also stop at the line’s private Bahamas island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, where passengers will find loungers overlooking aquamarine water; dining venues and bars; shore excursions like kayaking and jet skiing; and more.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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The venue, which has a concert capacity of around twenty thousand people, has become an unlikely home base for the band.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Lesotho Communications Authority said the license would be in place for 10 years.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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Beloved at-home mani brand Olive & June offers tab press-on options—think of them as a much stronger double-sided tape that secures your faux nail in place.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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The suspect, identified as Cody Balmer, jumped a fence at the Governor's Residence, evaded troopers on site who were looking for him, then broke into the residence and set fire to the building before escaping back over the fence, according to the State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Rubble littered a street as rescuers carried one person away from the site, which the rebels said was a ceramics factory in the Bani Matar neighborhood of Sanaa, the capital.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some might offer better support than others or have a more natural resting spot for thumbs, but to greater or lesser extents, a good mouse is sculpted to fit the arch of the typical human hand.—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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New Orleans was ranked No. 2 this year, quite the jump from its No. 34 spot last year.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2025
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Pertinent now thanks to a new Trump executive order, two sections in particular (Titles IV and V, noted below) called for getting the federal government out of crisis response best left to states and localities.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Local Responsibility—a Larger Role for States and Communities With the federal government scaling back its role in public health, responsibility for improving health outcomes will increasingly fall on states and localities.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Location.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/location. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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