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localities

NOUN

physical setting

Synonyms

WEAK

area bailiwick belt district domain haunt hole home location locus neck of the woods neighborhood place position region scene sector site sphere spot stage stomping ground territory theater tract turf venue vicinity zone

NOUN

environment

Synonyms

STRONG

ambiance area aura backdrop background circumstances climate conditions context domain element encompassment entourage environs habitat hood jungle locale location medium milieu neighborhood place purlieus scene scenery setting situation status surroundings terrain territory turf vicinity zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground

NOUN

neighborhood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

district parish region zone

STRONG

adjacency area belt block closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale nearness part precinct propinquity proximity purlieus quarter section slum street suburb territory tract turf vicinity ward zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage

Antonyms

STRONG

distance remoteness whole

Example Sentences

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The Department of Homeland Security - the agency that helps ward off against cyber attacks - "must immediately help states and localities", Schumer wrote.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“You don’t want localities or states getting into the business of designating their enemies or their political adversaries or the people they disagree with as terrorists. That’s just not a good thing,” Sinnar said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The federal government has, so far, largely left it to states or localities to regulate data centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The bill, among other things, makes it easier to build manufactured homes, lessens regulations, and gives incentives to localities to encourage home building.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

In the fall of 1958, Virginia’s governor Lindsay Almond chained the doors of the schools in localities that attempted to comply with the Supreme Court’s Brown decision.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly