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Recent Examples of localism
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
Moreover, Skydance reaffirms its commitment to localism as a core component of the public interest standard.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 July 2025
Excessive localism leads to huge inequalities between jurisdictions and strips property taxes of their function of providing homeowners with some protections against property value declines, Schleicher said.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In his new role, Vembu will focus fully on R&D initiatives, as well as his personal mission of rural development, which fits neatly into the company’s transnational localism strategy (more on that later).
—Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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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
Excessive localism leads to huge inequalities between jurisdictions and strips property taxes of their function of providing homeowners with some protections against property value declines, Schleicher said.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In his new role, Vembu will focus fully on R&D initiatives, as well as his personal mission of rural development, which fits neatly into the company’s transnational localism strategy (more on that later).
—Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
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Against a backdrop of West Coast street tableaux and shifting silhouettes, Lamar moved through a setlist that stitched together the urgency of regionalism with the intimacy of confession.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Dec. 2025
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The concept is not unlike the literary trope of regionalism or local color genre—telling the same core story, just tailoring the language and presentation for new audiences and global regions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Nov. 2025
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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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There’s this Douglas Adams joke that in no language is there the idiom as pretty as an airport.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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As a substitute, the board selected local architect William Pereira, who, never fully at ease with a modernist idiom, hewed to the middlebrow tastes and conservative politics of California’s philanthropic parvenus.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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