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as in affiliates
a local unit of an organization
the truck drivers are members of Local 349 of the Teamsters' Union
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as in natives
a usually longtime resident of a locality
few locals seem to patronize the city's touristy restaurants, leaving them to diners who prefer atmosphere over food
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Recent Examples of locals
The Lost Dutchman Mine has captured the imagination of treasure hunters, historians and locals alike, and people continue to search for it to this day.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And at Joe’s Pizza, the counter-service classic continues to represent what many locals consider a textbook New York slice—thin, quick and best eaten folded.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
However, locals don’t usually spend their free time where the tourists sit with cappuccinos.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Across from the town hall is an olive tree, which some locals estimate to be around 600 to 800 years old.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Many locals and students take advantage of them daily.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Check into 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, where contemporary art fills every hallway, then walk—or do as the locals do and bike—to just about everything in town.
—AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Huck’s Crofton, Kentucky Gas-station and convenience-store eats don’t get a lot of respect in some other parts of the country, but in the South, locals know that these pit stops are often prime venues for a quality meal.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
High-end clinics in the UAE have long attracted locals and tourists to a wide range of cosmetic treatments that shed the years superficially.
—Lara Setrakian, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And at Joe’s Pizza, the counter-service classic continues to represent what many locals consider a textbook New York slice—thin, quick and best eaten folded.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
However, locals don’t usually spend their free time where the tourists sit with cappuccinos.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Across from the town hall is an olive tree, which some locals estimate to be around 600 to 800 years old.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Many locals and students take advantage of them daily.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Check into 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, where contemporary art fills every hallway, then walk—or do as the locals do and bike—to just about everything in town.
—AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Huck’s Crofton, Kentucky Gas-station and convenience-store eats don’t get a lot of respect in some other parts of the country, but in the South, locals know that these pit stops are often prime venues for a quality meal.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
High-end clinics in the UAE have long attracted locals and tourists to a wide range of cosmetic treatments that shed the years superficially.
—Lara Setrakian, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locals
Noun
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Check your local listing for CBS affiliates.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Big Night Out Gala, held at the Beverly Hilton, celebrated 70 years of youth mentoring by one of the largest affiliates of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the Vandals boast Treasure Valley natives Brody Rowbury, Jack Payne and Jackson Rasmussen — the latter two former Owyhee High superstars in Meridian.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Oct. 2025
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An impressive four-game winning streak followed a lopsided loss at Wazzu that had some natives not just restless but greasing skids and sharpening pitchforks.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Your treatment team may recommend radiation before surgery to shrink the tumor or after surgery to kill any remaining cancer cells.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
18 Oct. 2025
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Too much insulin is produced, which causes a spike in carbohydrate metabolism, and phosphate, potassium, and thiamine flow out of the blood and into cells.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These suburban residents hope that vigilance will prevent the process of neighbourhood change from beginning.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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About two weeks into the shutdown, reporters from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Appleton Post-Crescent and Green Bay Press-Gazette visited downtown areas to ask residents and visitors how the shutdown is impacting them — and who, if anyone, is to blame.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Locals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locals. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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