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as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality
few locals seem to patronize the city's touristy restaurants, leaving them to diners who prefer atmosphere over food
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Recent Examples of local
Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2025
Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Kristen Stewart drew a packed house of festivalgoers, locals and fans at France’s Deauville Film Festival for her masterclass titled My French Cinema and organized with Chanel.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Aliée Istanbul More casual meals are served in the restaurant Little House, located in a former royal garden and spotlighting regional Turkish specialties featuring local farm to table ingredients in an all-day menu.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Tickets for the first nine concerts were sold in person, at various locations on the island, and reserved exclusively for locals.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Kristen Stewart drew a packed house of festivalgoers, locals and fans at France’s Deauville Film Festival for her masterclass titled My French Cinema and organized with Chanel.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for local
Noun
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The medication works by destabilizing mast cells, or allergy cells, to decrease allergic inflammation, says Rauno Joks, MD, an allergist and immunologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, who was not involved in the study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Typical treatment uses an oxygen mask or hyperbaric chamber to overwhelm the body with oxygen, pushing the carbon monoxide molecules off the hemoglobin cells so that oxygen can attach instead.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Oregon native, however, wouldn’t be the world’s best shot put thrower without some pain tolerance.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But the California native struggled throughout the postseason and had just one hit and seven strikeouts across the first three World Series games.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Runnymede in Surrey was another central regional hub, with cattle brought from a distance.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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But this year, their sense of safety was shattered when two regional powers conducted a direct strike on a Gulf country for the first time.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Leading Chinese contenders were BYD, the world’s biggest maker of EVs, Stellantis affiliate Leapmotor, and Xpeng.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Alex Clark, the host of a wellness podcast for Turning Point USA, said Saturday on X that the organization is receiving lots of inbound interest about launching new chapters.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The next chapter this year was to host our first fashion show.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Local.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/local. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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