Example Sentences

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Some localities have slowed the development of AI data centers amid local opposition.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security - the agency that helps ward off against cyber attacks - "must immediately help states and localities", Schumer wrote.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“You don’t want localities or states getting into the business of designating their enemies or their political adversaries or the people they disagree with as terrorists. That’s just not a good thing,” Sinnar said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The federal government has, so far, largely left it to states or localities to regulate data centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Some of them worshipped nature spirits, gods of particular localities, their own ancestors, and female shamans who spoke with departed spirits and delivered prayers in song.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly