regions

noun

plural of region
1
as in zones
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you look in the upper left region of the sky, you can see the constellation Orion

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as in parts
a broad geographical area corn is mostly grown in the central regions of the country

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Recent Examples of regions Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Many of the country’s most spectacular regions have little to no infrastructure, meaning accommodations, supplies, and transportation must all be carefully coordinated. — Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 Jen Kim, a company representative, scanned a visitor's face three times, divided it into six regions and measured the volume of each against its mirror image. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 While it’s believed to be one of the Milky Way’s most ancient regions—nearly as old as the universe itself—the bulge could harbor some younger stars as well. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026 There were also strikes on other regions overnight into Saturday, with attacks reported Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, and Chernihiv regions. — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 The county is an agricultural hub and one of the top five seed-producing regions in the world. — Rachel Spacek, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Dalio’s OceanX focuses on exploring uncharted undersea regions and marine life, work supported in part by Triton Submarines, the private-submersible company he co-owns with filmmaker James Cameron. — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026 Remnant radio galaxies represent the final stage in the evolution of radio galaxies, at which point the jets from the galaxies' central regions, or active galactic nuclei (AGNs) powered by feeding supermassive black holes, have switched off. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regions
  1. zones
  2. parts
  3. areas
Noun
  • Officials tried to develop a picture of life on the ground in combat zones to aid decision-making on military strikes and avoid or minimize civilian harm.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Approximately 63,000 residents live within the mandatory evacuation and evacuation warning zones.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of zones
Noun
  • The swamp hen, known by its scientific name, Porphyrio martinica, mostly is found along the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean as well as parts of South America.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That leaves more room for the parts of festival life that resist scheduling.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of parts
Noun
  • The rain could could produce flash flooding, especially in low-lying and urban areas.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The pharmaceutical giant is investing in other disease areas to expand and diversify its drug pipeline beyond obesity and diabetes.
    — Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Regions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regions. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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