local

Example Sentences

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At World’s Stage you can see local acts with a Black crowd but fewer out-of-town groups are invited because it’s exceedingly expensive to fly a band out and lodge them for days for shows.

From Los Angeles Times

Federal officials also denied Minnesota state investigators access to the shooting scene in south Minneapolis, prompting local and state officials to accuse the Homeland Security agency of mishandling evidence.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s really neat that we have this local species that you wouldn’t think of here in Southern California,” said Cassandra Davis, director of volunteer services for the Aquarium of the Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times

Gupta said the immigration agents’ tactics were “out of line” with local, state and federal policing standards and “offensive to all of that work that has been done” to establish those standards.

From Los Angeles Times

But locals are also terrified the city will soon be singled out for a full-scale invasion like Minneapolis is experiencing.

From Salon