as in venue
the area or space occupied by or intended for something we chose the historic church on Main Street as the location for the ceremony

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Recent Examples of location California State Fair concerts are free with fair admission and can be purchased online or at participating Save Mart locations. Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Reassignment locations Nagy's email gives the officials the options of working in a variety of places that are a mix of states, cities and reservations. Rob Stein, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025 Dan’s Bagels, which has drawn lines out the door ever since TikTok personalities came to its Denton County location, will open in a former bakery and cookie shop at 2430 Forest Park Blvd. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025 Both routes will operate once a week, and Delta will be the only U.S. carrier with nonstop service to both locations from Atlanta. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for location
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Noun
  • The festival will take place across numerous London venues including Barbican Centre, ICA, and Rich Mix, among others.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The Russian forward netted his 32nd career road goal at the Lenovo Center to extend his highest career goal total at any venue on the road, including his first.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The administration expects the new rates to remain in place until the U.S. narrows a $1.2 trillion trade imbalance recorded last year.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This ignited protests as pro-choice advocates and Democrats fought to keep Roe in place.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • My name was in the news, the gossip sites, even on the billboards around town.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Mount Dora hosts traveling exhibition on American Revolution The W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora has been chosen as one of four sites in Florida to host the The American Revolution Experience, a traveling pop-up exhibition designed to bring the story of the nation’s origin to life.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The final spot at 7070 W. 105th St. closed in late March.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Don’t feel forced into acting like an extrovert by giving feedback and making decisions on the spot.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Congressional Democrats say the administration’s abrupt cancellation of HHS grants to states and localities worth tens of billions of dollars is shortsighted and harmful.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, those localities to the right (or east) of this line will be able to see at least a part of this eclipse near sunrise.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Location.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/location. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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