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local government

NOUN
government of a locality
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Making noise, online and in local government meetings, is where organizers are succeeding across the country in their goals of stopping new center construction.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

Healthcare and local government have been big drivers for for new hires this year.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Employment in local government rose by 55,000 jobs across the month, while 35,000 jobs were created in the healthcare sector.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The local government has proposed an old tactic to keep high-paying guests at the luxury resort from becoming chum: Putting a shark net adjacent to the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Enfolded in them were mountains, and a river, and enough villages to make him a local government unto himself.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri



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