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locality

[loh-kal-i-tee] / loʊˈkæl ɪ ti /




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“That has to be local to where the service is being provided, because people want language skills, people want locality, people want you in their office,” says Krishna.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"It has proved without doubt how Brian and Colm died, we knew as people from the locality what had happened," Campbell said.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The site is also close to Sidi Abderrahmane, a landmark locality for Middle Pleistocene archaeology in Northwest Africa.

From Science Daily Feb. 7, 2026

There’s a value in locality, too; showing now, for example, not just what country the beans are from, but also what farm they’re grown on and what grade they are.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Authorities described the conditions Sunday as still "challenging", but two of the fire fronts -- heading towards the localities of Jalhay and Monschau -- were now "under control", according to Interior Minister Bernard Quintin.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The overall thrust of the package, the Evercore analysts said, is to reduce regulatory barriers that constrain housing construction by streamlining environmental reviews and encouraging localities to adopt zoning and building-code best practices.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

After aggressively repricing their plans and exiting unprofitable localities, insurers entered 2026 on far firmer footing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Across France and Germany, with temperatures climbing into the mid-30s, hundreds of localities saw records for May being broken.

From BBC May 25, 2026

Some of them worshipped nature spirits, gods of particular localities, their own ancestors, and female shamans who spoke with departed spirits and delivered prayers in song.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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