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local

[loh-kuhl] / ˈloʊ kəl /


NOUN
person deeply rooted in community
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They arrived in droves to enjoy the Florida warmth and to cast fishing lines off the St. Pete Pier, before packing the local bars along Central Avenue in a way only Wisconsinites know how.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

However, mothers in the Newry area say losing local inpatient maternity services would leave families facing longer journeys at a time when they may need urgent care.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The city does not impose a local sales or income tax, and Michigan does not tax Social Security income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Chang told The Times that the local stood by its endorsement of Raman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

I also became active with the local chapter of AKA.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Check out what separated the true locals from the pack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Hastings and Rye MP Helena Dollimore told BBC Radio Sussex that the process has been "shambolic" and that the British Museum should put aside a batch of tickets for locals.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Surrounded by the windswept desert and towering mountains, locals are keenly aware of how improbable it was that a bustling town and verdant fields arose in this unforgiving terrain—and how swiftly it all might disappear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Roberto Flores, a 53-year-old shop owner in Loreto, an even more remote town on the Baja Peninsula, said locals were also waiting for more help from federal authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

They don’t like too many locals in their stores when they are trying to sell to tourists, and they hate children still in their school uniforms who aren’t going to buy anything at all.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender


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