locality
noun
a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there.
localities
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pluralof locality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As another, he said the new rules could penalize immigrant families for accessing basic, preventative healthcare that actually helps control the broader public cost of illness to localities and states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
If changing climate means that certain foodstuffs can no longer be produced in their traditional localities, then the idea of terroir will be stretched to its limits.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
According to a Lebanese diplomatic source familiar with the content of the talks, "the Lebanese army is ready to gradually take control of the localities from which the Israeli army would withdraw".
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet voting in America is run by states and localities, and the EAC’s role is appropriately modest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
