Setting and Territory

Setting

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Territory and setting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Territory" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

Territory noun - The place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found.

Usage example: that plant's territory extends from Georgia all the way north to Maine

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Setting and territory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Territory".

Nearby Words: territorial, territorially

old	old setting	old territory
good	good setting	good territory
full	full setting	full territory
original	original setting	original territory
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, serious, dark, grim, new, different, western.

Jack Dann's short story "The Marks of Painted Teeth" has teens competing for territory and provisions in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Source: There Are No Adults
Using the One Ring could never have overthrown Sauron, except by setting up a new Dark Lord in his place, and Saruman descended into Dark Lord territory just from his lust for the Ring.

Source: Franchise / Tolkien's Legendarium aka: The Lord Of The Rings
Maid The RPG includes among its numerous strange items (which venture often into territory) the "Earth-destroying bomb," which when used turns the world setting to post-apocalyptic.

Source: Earth-Shattering Kaboom

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