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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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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.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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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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The centuries-old pot-kettle idiom points out hypocrisy — as when one person accuses another of a flaw that afflicts himself.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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If the assignment is to translate something from a foreign language, there are plenty of tools and resources that can do it for you, including by recognizing and figuratively translating idioms.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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