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 When the federal government abdicates its responsibility for public health, states, localities, and communities of experts can still try to fill the void. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for locality
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Noun
  • The vault is located 85 feet below the ground of the location's headquarters in the French capital.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The host also names the show's hottest location ever.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Where to Go Your mini-moon should be intimate, indulgent, and stress-free—luxe places that feel remote but are easy to get to.
    Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The enhanced subsidies — put in place in 2021 — have helped millions of middle-class Americans pay less for their monthly premiums.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Swain does his primary dealmaking at two nearby eateries, tony French venue Le Bilboquet and the LoewsRegency Bar & Grill.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • The evening was thee highlight of a weekend spent on the luxe boardwalk resort venue, that boasts acts ranging from Ross and Smokey Robinson to John Legend and Lenny Kravitz.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Local resident Lee Needham also told the BBC that the crash site was close to houses, train tracks, industrial units and electrical towers.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Coming off a successful activation at Billboard Hip-Hop Week, the brand brought its Buen Vecino Marketplace to Miami, offering fans at Billboard En Vivo a chance to take home custom merchandise printed live on-site.
    Quincy Green, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Locality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locality. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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