as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something a locality filled with exotic plants

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Recent Examples of locality Altogether, 67 localities have adopted minimum wages higher than their state’s, according to EPI. Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025 States and localities could allow schools under a certain size (either in number of students or square footage) to provide alternative fire safety plans appropriate to their activities and uses. Michael McShane, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 While some states and localities eliminated cash bail requirements on some crimes, legislatures in other states have looked at ways to toughen bail requirements. Larry Kaplow, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025 Good teams generally spur more bets than bad ones, meaning localities have never been more financially invested in their teams' success. Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for locality
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Noun
  • Follow Rebecca for ongoing coverage of digital nomad advice, the best European locations for moving abroad and insider destination tips.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The physical locations of their retail spaces further this idea: Miron Crosby’s flagship studio is located in Dallas’s ritzy Highland Park Village, and another is in Aspen, Colorado, unofficial home of the jet set.
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Hell breaks loose when one of the Mickeys is presumed dead and a replacement duplicate tries to take his place.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, Honest Tea was packaged in a 16.9 ounce bottle (500 ml), which meant our Honey Green tea, which had 70 calories, was going to be banned while a 200-calorie Snapple Peach Tea in a 16 ounce bottle would keep its place on the shelf.
    Seth Goldman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
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  • The majority of the bayside Shelter Island venue’s 2025 concerts have ticket prices between $37.50 and $70.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • This also marks a return to the Yuengling Center, a venue with rich WWE history, including the 1995 Royal Rumble and the WWE Thunderdome.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • Tuesday’s championship: St. Francis, Pa., at Central, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Northeast Conference women Monday, Thursday, Sunday at campus sites Central, the No. 3 seed, opens play on Monday at home to No. 6 seed Chicago State hoping to kick off a run to its first NCAA Tournament.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The site itemizes workforce reductions, grant cancellations, asset sales and other savings to the government.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locality. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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