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locality

[loh-kal-i-tee] / loʊˈkæl ɪ ti /




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“That has to be local to where the service is being provided, because people want language skills, people want locality, people want you in their office,” says Krishna.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"This enabled us to get enough specific locality information to prepare a Fossil Record Form and to scientifically catalogue the fossil," Daphne says.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

After answering a user query about Santa Fe, the chatbox provided a link to a desert cottage in the locality.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

There’s a value in locality, too; showing now, for example, not just what country the beans are from, but also what farm they’re grown on and what grade they are.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

A second method for identifying a crop’s or animal’s site of domestication is to plot on a map the dates of the domesticated form’s first appearance at each locality.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The backlash is a crisis for AI companies, which are facing bans or pauses on new projects in dozens of states and localities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In some localities there have been questions over hygiene practices.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Officials say some 1,800 localities have already vanished since the turn of the century -- ghost villages that have become nothing more than decaying buildings and a name on a map.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The overall thrust of the package, the Evercore analysts said, is to reduce regulatory barriers that constrain housing construction by streamlining environmental reviews and encouraging localities to adopt zoning and building-code best practices.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Some of them worshipped nature spirits, gods of particular localities, their own ancestors, and female shamans who spoke with departed spirits and delivered prayers in song.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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