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Recent Examples of localism
Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.
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JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Carr has mode localism a priority, and has pushed back on moves by network owners to continue raising onerous fees.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Moreover, Skydance reaffirms its commitment to localism as a core component of the public interest standard.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 July 2025
This is where Sridhar Vembu’s passion for transnational localism comes into play.
—Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Carr has mode localism a priority, and has pushed back on moves by network owners to continue raising onerous fees.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Moreover, Skydance reaffirms its commitment to localism as a core component of the public interest standard.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 July 2025
This is where Sridhar Vembu’s passion for transnational localism comes into play.
—Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
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To qualify as critical regionalism, contemporary architecture had to use traditional tropes and local materials in unfamiliar variations, refuse to treat a site as just another blank slate, and use structure in an expressive way, visibly connected to a building’s purpose.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
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Just don’t let the deniers know that regionalism and sustainability are essentially one and the same.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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This is provincialism: putting narrow interests over the well-being of not just current residents, but also the entire city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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This further underscored the symbiotic relationship between Humphreys and smooth jazz, an idiom not held in high regard by the person booking the concerts.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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