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The tendency to form geographic areas, political subdivisions, etc. or the process of doing so.

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  • The two boroughs will share code enforcement officers as the first step in "regionalization," Romanoskey said.
  • The district's 2006 strategic plan listed "regionalization" as the second of 11 goals, but is silent on specifics.
  • Until the middle of last year, Beijing used the term "regionalization" when talking about its offshore plans for the currency.
  • Forest regionalization of the USSR (1: 16,000,000).
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