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local

adjective as in of a community, restricted to immediate area

noun as in person deeply rooted in community

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“We expect it to attract greater participation from local and regional asset managers, as well as institutional and retail investors,” she adds.

Enforcement at the local level is the responsibility of 55 county agricultural commissioners, who are appointed by their boards of supervisors and have a dual role of promoting agriculture and enforcing state pesticide safety laws.

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But not enough of it has made its way to the local psychologists, psychiatrists and pediatricians that parents are most likely to turn to for help with a struggling child.

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That lack of information trickles down to consumers, who often rely on guidance from local, state and federal agencies about the risks of products like kratom and 7-OH.

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His siblings, uncles and cousins — four of them minors — work in local strawberry fields.

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