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as in district
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood?
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as in backyard
an adjoining region or space
we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome
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Recent Examples of neighborhood
Durnell regularly sprayed the weed killer throughout his neighborhood.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
By the afternoon, several people who appeared to be law enforcement agents were canvassing the neighborhood, with one wearing an FBI sweatshirt.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Part neighborhood gathering spot, part coffee lounge and part patisserie, The ChangeBaker Place feels like exactly what east Charlotte needs, a place to slow down, settle in and stay awhile.
—Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Why is neighborhood wealth excluded but prior financial performance privileged?
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
By the afternoon, several people who appeared to be law enforcement agents were canvassing the neighborhood, with one wearing an FBI sweatshirt.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Part neighborhood gathering spot, part coffee lounge and part patisserie, The ChangeBaker Place feels like exactly what east Charlotte needs, a place to slow down, settle in and stay awhile.
—Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Why is neighborhood wealth excluded but prior financial performance privileged?
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neighborhood
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The expedition became the first spaceflight to send humans near the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, with the crew traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them while seeing unprecedented views of the moon.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mary Brown retired after coaching boys and girls volleyball in the district for 19 years, including the past eight years with the Knights’ boys team.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Creating more majority-Republican districts but with thinner margins could dilute GOP advantages and give Democrats more opportunities to win seats, especially if there’s an anti-Trump backlash at the polls this year.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Our neighbors were Blacks and Puerto Ricans, working-class Irish and Italians, and some Jews who hadn’t yet moved on, plus the legions of us new immigrants, from Asia and Eastern Europe and the Caribbean, who’d ended up in this commuter town north of New York City.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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One afternoon in November, just north of the small Oregon coastal town of Yachats, a juvenile humpback whale tumbled ashore.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Zevik Glidai, a 78-year-old math teacher and volunteer ambulance driver, discovered coils of the translucent fiber-optic cables surrounding a drone that crashed into his backyard in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on April 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Some people build their own backyard tanks.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the catchy tunes are not what the birds themselves are paying attention to.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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Sunday’s preseason matchup against the Connecticut Sun will be the final live opportunity for the Liberty to fine tune its offense before the start of the regular season.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Many exhibitions are organized by theme, focusing on the topics of love, family, community, and adventure which connect generations.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the remote Scottish Highlands, a young teen sets out to prove the existence of a mysterious creature, hoping to preserve the magic of his community and protect it from industrial ruin.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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To close out a busy Day 2, the Steelers selected a mauling guard with a mullet, who will come to a city where that haircut never went out of style.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.—
Jamey Keaten,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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McKellar was a hunter on the Auch Estate, a 68 square mile, 28,200-acre farm with its own village of homes in the Scottish Highlands near Bridge of Orchy.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Aws al-Nasaan is carried after being shot in the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir.—
Molly Hunter,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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“Neighborhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neighborhood. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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