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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That is crucial because the high-end cruise to exotic locales departed from one of most southern cities in South America, a port in Argentina known as the end of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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

The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Positive results in Martian microbiology were achieved in seven different samplings in two locales on Mars separated by 5,000 kilometers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan