local
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Here, a longtime local offers her guide to experiencing the very best of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Under their plans, the bus network would be brought back under local control, with members of the public to be given the chance to invest in bus bonds.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“For grads whose local market doesn’t match their field: be willing to go where the opportunity is. That might mean relocating, at least early in your career,” Sneha Puri, economist at Indeed, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
He was arrested by the local sheriff and spent one night in jail, leaving only because “some one interfered, and paid the tax,” he wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
I’d taken him for a local police inspector.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing local
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