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localized

  • past participle
    of localize.
    localize
    verb (used with object)
    to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
  • past tense form
    of localize.
    localize
    verb (used with object)
    to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.

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One important mechanism involves causing infected cells to die in a controlled, localized area, helping prevent the pathogen from spreading farther through the plant.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Pope Leo XIV announced the presence of the lung nodule on Sunday, saying it had been "detected at a very early stage" and was localized.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“The risk is not going to be as high, and it will be more localized because some places have seen recent rain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

At his weekly blessing on Sunday, the pope said doctors had recently found a small, localized nodule in his lung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Recognizing that his continent-wide estimate did not account for regional variation, Kroeber encouraged future scholars to seek out and analyze “sharply localized documentary evidence.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann