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The report said the plans for BBC stations to merge some programmes - part of the corporation's digital first strategy - would "dilute the sense of localness".

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2023

The variety of definitions may be why characters in a “Portlandia” sketch opted not to take a restaurant’s word and instead visited a farm to verify a chicken’s localness.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2018

“We believe it fits in the company – maybe not in the news division – but it fits in the company and the localness that we have,” Segal said.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 21, 2014

But more importantly, he immersed himself in the ethos of the show itself and, like any other audience member, responded to the sheer localness of form, content and personality.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2010

The Southwest kept a grasp but a slipping grasp on localness.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck