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localize

[loh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈloʊ kəˌlaɪz /


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Fragmentation compels banks and asset managers to localize balance sheets and hold excess capital, constraining cross-border intermediation and dampening growth.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

He is pressing ahead with a roughly $30 million expansion of his factory in Tennessee, convinced that he needs to localize more production in the U.S. to sidestep tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

They acknowledge and make efforts to localize experiences for American fans.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

The nearly 10,000-square-foot office at Key Center will serve as a hub for Shein’s U.S. fulfillment and logistics operations as the retailer seeks to localize and speed up delivery times for U.S. customers.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

In such cases careful panning and testing of the gravels at frequent intervals may show which of several tributaries are contributing most of the values, and thus may further localize the area of search.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

The text is by the California poet Dana Gioia, who seamlessly localizes paradise as a place to be preserved.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2023

Dowdy didn’t specify what steps Netflix plans to take as part of its new initiative to ensure that shows and movies’ original voices are maintained as the streamer localizes them.

From The Verge May 19, 2022

Work on semiconductors at Bell Labs led Anderson to propose in 1957 that disorder — such as that caused by defects and impurities in a material — localizes electron waves, producing an insulator.

From Nature Apr. 30, 2020

Tacoma author Marcia Crews, who also wrote “Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest,” localizes another fairytale in her new book, set once-upon-a-time on the Salish Sea.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2018

Tradition localizes the legend by making this the Island of Ceylon.

From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly

There have been three localized measles outbreaks in California in 2026, according to the state agency.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Rather than traveling upward from great depths, it may have been produced when localized heat melted portions of the ice shell.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Instead, it calls for careful laboratory research, more sophisticated climate modeling, and perhaps small-scale experiments on future Mars missions to explore localized warming techniques.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Previous waves of xenophobia were localized and universally condemned by politicians, said Loren Landau, a senior researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The bleep grew larger, localized now, between his ribs on the right side.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Meanwhile, the company’s strategy of localizing production will likely mitigate geopolitical risks, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

This suggests that despite localizing the assembly of Iranian drones, Russia remains vulnerable to disruptions further up the supply chain.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

But eventually, Yang believes, localizing production will be necessary to better expand in promising markets including Japan, Korea and Singapore.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2025

Some models were designed to create a vortex, which, through its shear pattern, localized cooperators within a ring while pushing cheaters to the outer rim of the environment -- essentially localizing cooperation.

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

The progress of economic evolution has resulted in localizing certain industries and in restraining certain branches of commerce to the groups of merchants best suited to their promotion.

From The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism by Henri Pirenne




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