localize
verb (used with object)
had localized
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past perfectof localize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By attaching a green fluorescent tag to the protein, he and his colleagues verified that it had localized to the yeast’s vacuole, as they hoped.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2023
It was a time when each city had localized promoters, before the rise of AEG and Live Nation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
In general, those with abnormally low steroid levels had widespread, active tuberculosis; those with near-normal levels had the commoner, less extensive form of the disease, while others with high levels had localized but stubborn infections.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other policeman, a sergeant—by this time the voices had localized themselves in persons—laughed with reluctant admiration.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine
A moment before he had localized the source of his uneasiness—an Earthman, following perhaps fifty paces behind him.
From Delayed Action by Charles V. (Charles Vincent) De Vet
