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physical setting n.
environment n.
neighborhood n.

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

environment

Synonyms

STRONG

ambiance area aura backdrop background circumstances climate conditions context domain element encompassment entourage environs habitat hood jungle locale location medium milieu neighborhood place purlieus scene scenery setting situation status surroundings terrain territory turf vicinity zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground

NOUN

neighborhood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

district parish region zone

STRONG

adjacency area belt block closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale nearness part precinct propinquity proximity purlieus quarter section slum street suburb territory tract turf vicinity ward zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage

Antonyms

STRONG

distance remoteness whole

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localities

Shanmugam characterized Boulder’s case as “unprecedented,” and argued that the Constitution does not permit individual localities to “use state law to regulate global conduct.”

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

As another, he said the new rules could penalize immigrant families for accessing basic, preventative healthcare that actually helps control the broader public cost of illness to localities and states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

If changing climate means that certain foodstuffs can no longer be produced in their traditional localities, then the idea of terroir will be stretched to its limits.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Chinese companies and localities could decide whether they wanted to meet them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The trouble is that most of these remains are not from wet, coastal Alexandria or even the southern capital of Ptolemais, but instead from minor localities like Tebtunis, El-Hiba, and Oxyrhynchus.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro