Thesaurus results for LOCALES

locales

noun

plural of locale

as in locations

the area or space occupied by or intended for something we found an ideal locale for our annual picnic

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as in settings

the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe

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Recent Examples of locales But Fleming's 007, and the onscreen Bonds who played out those stories, dispatched danger in exotic locales, and without rumpling the pleats on their dinner jackets. — Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 And while suburban or rural locales might offer the luxury of space—a sprawling front yard for your 12-foot skeletons to roam free, for instance—in New York City, the limitations of scale just mean people have to get creative. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026 Other locales include Victoria’s Secret stores at the Mall of Millennia in Orlando, Fifth Avenue in New York City and South Coast Plaza in California. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Hollywood jobs have been fleeing for years for cheaper filming locales, and the restaurant industry has been shaken by mounting closures. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Spain was also 4th with $550K at 298 locations in addition to Netherlands with $314K at 86 locales. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026 Ancient myths and modern cinema depict bogs as sinister locales, dangerous to cross, and fatal to get trapped in. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 After all, the state just went through a high-stakes game of chicken with David Ellison, who threatened to move Paramount to locales like Tennessee or Texas if California kept pursuing him in court over his successful bid to acquire Warner Bros. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Dozens of locations in the central and southern US will soar to record high temperatures on Tuesday, but the incoming front will drag those highs down by more than 30 degrees in many locales by Friday or Saturday. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

By integrating the launcher into a standard shipping container, the solution can be transported more easily, moved between locations, and incorporated into existing logistics and transportation networks.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
While the grocer has several locations across Los Angeles, its Beverly Hills outpost is the biggest scene and a tourist attraction in its own right, drawing visitors who make a point of stopping in to see what the hype is about.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of locations

Noun

Norovirus is incredibly contagious and frequently reported in school settings, where children interact in close quarters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
This sleek device intelligently studies your daily temperature preferences and utilizes adaptive eco-settings to save energy automatically.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of settings

Noun

Japan’s network of independent arthouse venues, known locally as mini-theaters, is supported by experienced distributors of international cinema.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
The New Braunfels, Texas, resident kept a frenetic touring schedule, headlining major Texas venues and mid-sized dance halls around the country, with occasional arena or amphitheater stops opening for Koe Wetzel thrown in.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of venues

Noun

Police transported the bodies without forensic examinations of the scenes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
But the reason these frightening scenes work so well is that Hitchcock knows there must be some emotional investment from the audience, especially when the actual events are so random and inexplicable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

Those are places where many voters look skeptically, even scornfully, upon big cities and the people who run them.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The volumes insist that Jewish communities be remembered not solely as sites of death but as places where people lived, argued, worked and celebrated.

— Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of places

Noun

Those groups go to 63 third-party logistics sites this year, and each site stages the boxes for 25 to 30 stores before loading them onto trucks.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Nancy’s British father, Gerald Cadogan, is an academic and archaeologist, and much of her childhood was spent on excavation sites in Cyprus and Crete.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

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