local

Example Sentences

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It has transformed food production and local communities.

From The Wall Street Journal

The festival, which began on Friday and runs until next Saturday, attracts millions of visitors and locals each year to its street parties and parades - but there is often a spike in petty crime.

From BBC

Look down and there are thousands of young workers, graduates and apprentices, local and global, who work in offices and facilities, that were simply not there a decade ago.

From BBC

"I would run Diamond Leagues in the daytime. In the evening, I'm off delivering my local pizzas, just whatever needed to be done."

From BBC

But once a module is shipped to a site, local inspectors will often do their own once-over.

From Los Angeles Times