locally

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The team found that motor control in fruit flies mostly occurs locally.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

They are petards, locally called kaxxa spanjola, designed to make noise and a small puff of smoke without anything visible in the sky.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

"However, he became increasingly concerned and ultimately pushed very hard for independent second opinions when these were not being secured locally."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Urgency to tamp down the invasive mosquito population in California has increased since 2023, when the state logged its first locally acquired dengue cases — meaning people were infected in their communities, not while traveling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

First, do hunter-gatherers and incipient farmers really know well all locally available wild species and their uses, or might they have overlooked potential ancestors of valuable crops?

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