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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements
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as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens
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Recent Examples of locus
Nagi is a farming village, a locus of military activity, and a place still largely in thrall to patriarchal dynamics.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
The South Terrace, with bucolic and far-reaching views, is already the locus of socialising spilling down to the 25-meter pool.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
The scientists identified 79 loci, or the location of a gene on a chromosome, that qualify as risk variants.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
In Smith’s attentiveness, the painting became a locus of communion, one that linked him to the artist who made it.
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Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for locus
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
The South Terrace, with bucolic and far-reaching views, is already the locus of socialising spilling down to the 25-meter pool.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
The scientists identified 79 loci, or the location of a gene on a chromosome, that qualify as risk variants.
—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
In Smith’s attentiveness, the painting became a locus of communion, one that linked him to the artist who made it.
—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for locus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locus
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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
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The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.
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At least 22 locations broke or tied daily temperature records Thursdayand 17 more fell Friday.
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On one hand, the arena offers a level of privacy and security few locations can match.
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Shenzhen already has a reputation as one of China's major technology hubs.
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Deep Light is, of course, not the only hub for cinematographers and aspiring cinematographers online.
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The emergency docket, nicknamed the shadow docket, offers a venue for a quick answer about whether the government can continue a policy while a challenge is litigated.
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In the venue’s defense, the arena’s near-impenetrable exterior likely had something to do with its appeal.
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The action required is not cultural goodwill but actual capital, flowing from institutions, from investors, and from women with wealth toward the work of building these tables.
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Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
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At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo is still one of the most popular athletes in the world and even if his presence on the Portuguese national team is cause for international debate, a player like Folarin Balogun has no place in any paragraph with Ronaldo.
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The reason grocery prices seem all over the place is because every food product and industry is different.
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As one of the darkest spots in the lower 48, Grand Staircase-Escalante is also a mecca for stargazers, with much of its acreage ranked as Bortle Class 1—meaning that on clear nights the Milky Way is bright enough to cast noticeable shadows and even appears to have three dimensions.
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Catawba County, along with other parts of North Carolina, have become a mecca for data center construction as demand for AI tools has increased.
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How to watch America's Block Party from home Each block party event may host livestreams on their sites and social media channels.
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Spotify asked Kalshi and Polymarket to remove its logo from their sites after users allegedly manipulated data on the streaming platform to cash out on prediction markets.
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“Locus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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