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Recent Examples of localism
Ther argument: The merger will merely create more big media at the expense of localism.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
Always bummed about something: the crowd, the wind, the hotel breakfast, the localism, the boards, the guy on the inside.
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John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
Always bummed about something: the crowd, the wind, the hotel breakfast, the localism, the boards, the guy on the inside.
—
John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for localism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
Noun
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The concept of critical regionalism may seem like a poor fit for New York, that proud engine of globalism, crucible of efficiency, and maximizer of revenue.
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Just don’t let the deniers know that regionalism and sustainability are essentially one and the same.
Noun
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
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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.
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On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
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Out of love for different sound systems, different writing systems, different grammars, different sets of concepts, different idioms, different ways of seeing the world.
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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