as in natives
a usually longtime resident of a locality
visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that "conch" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk
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Noun
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The event not only drew Czech natives, but also people like Maria Wyatt, who lives a couple of minutes away from the stadium.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026 -
One school of thought holds that high levels of immigration and a robust social safety net are incompatible; natives don’t want to share their nation’s generosity with foreigners.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Ohio pays nursing homes a daily rate for Medicaid residents and provides additional payments to facilities that meet certain quality benchmarks.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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To Crowley and Dixit, their multispecies map is a natural extension of this worldview by identifying places meaningful to Penryn’s nonhuman residents and visitors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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“Localites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localites. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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