as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something a locality filled with exotic plants

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Recent Examples of locality Resident say the siege was carried out by members of the violent Kokorat San Ras gang based in the nearby locality of Ti Bwadòm in Gros-Morne in the Artibonite. Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 The skeleton, found in the Khuren Dukh locality of the Eastern Gobi Basin in Mongolia, belongs to a new species of pachycephalosaur called Zavacephale rinpoche and dates back 108 million to 115 million years ago, according to a paper published in Nature on Wednesday. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025 Advanced multitenant systems build on the principle of data locality, ensuring that each client's data and interactions or prompts remain contained and are never used to train models that could serve others. Khash Kiani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The evidence comes from sauropod bones unearthed at the Ibirá locality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for locality
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Noun
  • The company also prefers to return to locations year after year, so customers know where to find them, Simonson said.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Institute will focus on advocating for the island’s screen sector on the international stage, offering production support, location coordination, and financial assistance.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The chances of two looking like that and being that size and in the same place are pretty slim.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The pillows are also resistant to shifting and lumping, so the filling will remain evenly balanced, providing a reliably cozy place to rest your head every night.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By 2022, the 450,000-square-foot venue outgrew its $430 million modern building with some 1,400 patients passing through its doors daily, Zinner estimated.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The only noticeable element of faith amid the private cabanas, wine-tasting room and the sprawling grounds around a small concert venue is a serene garden next to a small pond that's dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
    Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This combination of isolation, altitude and temperature is what makes the site so scientifically valuable as a training ground for scientists and astronauts — and as a test site for equipment and rovers.
    Rosanna Philpott, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Chromophoric proof concept The team harnessed enzymes to generate acetyllysine inside cells, then incorporated it into proteins at specific sites.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locality. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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