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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For the young generation of digital natives navigating AI anxiety around keeping up with peers using the technology and AI displacing them from jobs, the fear of the technology making people dumber is dominant.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026 -
One that was made on his own terms, foregrounding Magellan’s potentially abusive past behavior and mistreatment of natives everywhere.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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The city coordinates with community partners like Jericho Way to ensure transportation and shelter for homeless residents during periods when the city's temporary emergency shelter is demobilized.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The call was arranged to help educate residents from all walks of life and sprawling corners of the nation, including here in Kansas City, on the constitutional right to record and document ICE actions and the risks associated with doing so.—
Mará Rose Williams
January 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Localites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localites. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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