local government

noun

: the government of a specific local area constituting a subdivision of a major political unit (such as a nation or state)
also : the body of persons constituting such a government

Examples of local government in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the byzantine structure of local government in Illinois has largely stayed the same since then. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a local government official who asked not to be named told Reuters. Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024 Mitigating The Risk Of Falling Victim To The CAPTCHA Cyber Attack OK, so the most important point to be made here is that the cyber attack campaign in question appears to be highly targeted at local government workers in Ukraine. Davey Winder, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 The last time it was shot down, lawmakers said that the local governments were not contributing enough funding to the project. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for local government 

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Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of local government was in 1753

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“Local government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/local%20government. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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