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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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Dior holds its Cruise, or resort, shows in different locations each year, showcasing the luxury house's designs in new locales.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Hool used to orchestrate in-person open calls in far-flung locales to match the perfect performer to each part.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

She grew up in exotic locales, went to business school in New York and worked at AIG, where she traded currencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

This opened wide vistas of scenes and locales that I did not so much visit in my reading, but rather possessed.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers