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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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"A more concrete plan is now needed – including for rapidly testing and evaluating innovations that could improve local services."

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Britain's ruling Labour party lost a regional parliament seat in its traditional stronghold of Wales Friday, an ominous sign for embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of wider local elections next year.

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But when Ife found out about the programme through her local GP surgery, a financial support link worker helped her to appeal successfully against the UC decision, and to secure disability benefits.

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Experts have told local media the legal fees paid by the defendant could amount to roughly 10,000 times the value of the snacks eaten.

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A few years ago, Mr Kim began to notice that the popular silvery hairtail fish he relied on were disappearing from local waters, and his earnings plunged by half.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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