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regionalism

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Recent Examples of regionalism African Americans carried with them agricultural and cooking techniques as their cultures were subjected to enslavement, migration, innovation, and regionalism. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2025 Against a backdrop of West Coast street tableaux and shifting silhouettes, Lamar moved through a setlist that stitched together the urgency of regionalism with the intimacy of confession. — Essence, 3 Dec. 2025 The concept is not unlike the literary trope of regionalism or local color genre—telling the same core story, just tailoring the language and presentation for new audiences and global regions. — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025 But what was important to me was not their exact accents, but the regionalism and their bickering and bantering with one another. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regionalism

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Noun

And history points toward consolidation not having a great impact on localism.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Both the ceramic and the chamoy traditions symbolize layers of culture as shaped by globalism and localism.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of localism

Noun

The condescension was of its time, a provincialism of the art world, ironically.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.

— Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of provincialism

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Its palette is broad, moving from comic to straight rap, from Cab Calloway swing to Beyoncé-style ballads, each idiom chosen for its dramatic purpose.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Over the decades, though, Reich’s idiom has become part of the mainstream.

— Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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What followed was a meticulous restoration focused on preserving the original structures and historical details, and eventually, the addition of a couple of new buildings in the same vernacular to accommodate larger suites.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Hollywood productions coming in are good for the industry because the crews get work, but the stories are not Australian and the vernacular is not Australian.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of vernacular

Noun

Joseph Hill, the director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, asserted that BASL is generally treated as more of a dialect than a language.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The reality, of course, is that the Southern accent is not some incorrect version of a national standard but instead a historically separate and unique dialect – or, more accurately, set of dialects.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of dialect

Noun

Lee uses this to his advantage, pretending to be a pidgin-speaking Chinese immigrant to protect himself from white people’s suspicion and mistrust.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Lee, who arrives at the Trasks’ homestead speaking pidgin and wearing his hair in a queue, is revealed to be a rare Chinese American, having been born to railroad workers, his mother in the guise of a man.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of pidgin

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The last attack—or troll, to use modern parlance—has proven to be particularly popular on the car internet due to the price discrepancy between the two EVs.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026
No anything from any words that have not been used in popular parlance since the 1940s.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026

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