locality
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emplacement, locale, location, locus, place, point, position, site, spot, venue, where
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As the federal minimum wage has stagnated, states and localities have increasingly acted on their own. — Washington Post, "House prepares to pass long-sought $15 minimum wage legislation," 18 July 2019 Thomas repeated his view that the 1st Amendment applies only to the federal government and does not prevent states or localities from favoring religion. — David G. Savage, latimes.com, "Supreme Court says 40-foot Maryland cross can stand as war memorial," 20 June 2019 The justices later extended that right to states and localities. — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, "New York City limits on transporting guns eased in effort to get Supreme Court challenge dismissed," 19 June 2019 The case raises a series of questions about the limits of federal oversight and the jurisdictional authority of states and localities. — John Hirschauer, National Review, "Mississippi’s Mental-Illness Policies Are Working. DOJ Is Challenging Them.," 17 June 2019 As of 2018, only four states — California, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — and Washington, D.C., had localities with some type of rent control. — New York Times, "How New Rent Laws in N.Y. Help All Tenants," 21 June 2019 Maryland, for example, extended a large slate of tax breaks to Opportunity Zones and allowed localities to slash property taxes for projects on vacant lots. — Lydia Depillis, CNN, "A 'mind boggling' tax break was meant to help the poor. But trendy areas are winning too," 14 June 2019 States and localities can't create much in the way of guardrails for Opportunity Zones. — Lydia Depillis, CNN, "A 'mind boggling' tax break was meant to help the poor. But trendy areas are winning too," 14 June 2019 In a letter to congressional leaders, the president wrote that locality pay increases would cost $25 billion. — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, "Trump cancels planned January pay increase for civilian federal workers," 30 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'locality.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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