locality
noun
lo·cal·i·ty
lō-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural localities
1
: the fact or condition of having a location in space or time
2
: a particular place, situation, or location
Examples of locality in a Sentence
The plant has only been found in one locality.
a locality with high housing prices
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If approved, those recommendations are then adopted as the standard of care for clinicians around the country, used by states and localities to inform laws and regulations around immunization—particularly for things like school attendance.
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
Senate Republicans have already tweaked the restriction to make billions of dollars in federal broadband funding contingent on states and localities not regulating AI.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 11 June 2025
The localities argued that those new rules were unconstitutional and that the president didn’t have the authority to set grant conditions beyond what Congress has established.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 4 June 2025
The fourth and final specimen before the species’ long hiatus from scientific record was in 1984, about 250 miles northeast from the other three localities, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
Senate Republicans have already tweaked the restriction to make billions of dollars in federal broadband funding contingent on states and localities not regulating AI.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 11 June 2025
The localities argued that those new rules were unconstitutional and that the president didn’t have the authority to set grant conditions beyond what Congress has established.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 4 June 2025
The fourth and final specimen before the species’ long hiatus from scientific record was in 1984, about 250 miles northeast from the other three localities, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locality. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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