locality
noun
lo·cal·i·ty
lō-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural localities
1
: the fact or condition of having a location in space or time
2
: a particular place, situation, or location
Examples of locality in a Sentence
The plant has only been found in one locality.
a locality with high housing prices
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Pertinent now thanks to a new Trump executive order, two sections in particular (Titles IV and V, noted below) called for getting the federal government out of crisis response best left to states and localities.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Local Responsibility—a Larger Role for States and Communities With the federal government scaling back its role in public health, responsibility for improving health outcomes will increasingly fall on states and localities.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This New York law also impacts federal taxpayers as the state and localities receive massive amounts of federal aid in the form of grants, tax credits and loans for construction.
—John Faso, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
For example, California and lately Florida are high-cost real estate localities.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Local Responsibility—a Larger Role for States and Communities With the federal government scaling back its role in public health, responsibility for improving health outcomes will increasingly fall on states and localities.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This New York law also impacts federal taxpayers as the state and localities receive massive amounts of federal aid in the form of grants, tax credits and loans for construction.
—John Faso, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
For example, California and lately Florida are high-cost real estate localities.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for locality
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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locality. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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