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 Some states and localities have also taken steps to eliminate medical debt for their constituents. Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2025 That's especially the case if a locality's minimum wage was tied to inflation years ago and has not been reexamined since. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025 Tax cuts will take effect in a number of states and localities on the first day of 2025. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Yet, in some localities, sharing food or clothing with the homeless without government permission is a punishable offense. Anastasia Boden, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for locality 
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Noun
  • But supporters of the bans have noted that students’ phones could pose additional dangers during an emergency by distracting students or by revealing their location during an active shooter situation.
    Andrew Demillo, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Playing in 1,750 locations, the horror film sees director Steven Soderbergh armed with another typically eye-catching formal premise, this time shooting the entire film from the perspective of a ghost.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Career officials discovered that their default mode of thinking about Britain’s place in the world was suspect, too.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In the build-up, much of the discussion was about how bad the beating would be at a place that, even in the best of times, is a fixture that few United teams have looked forward to.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • More than 200 guests were invited to the nuptials, yet Sarah showed a nearly empty venue after waiting for an hour and a half in a now-viral video recently posted on TikTok.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Alongside these theaters Majid Al Futtaim also operates other pop-up venues which are even more quirky.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Macondo – its backlot site for the two biggest sets at least, including the biggest,capturing Macondo in its largest splendor from EP.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Herd went to visit the site in person and recovered some of the fragments for inclusion in the collection.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locality. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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