How to Use locality in a Sentence

locality

noun
  • The plant has only been found in one locality.
  • Many have ripped the plan for taking sales-tax revenues from localities.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2017
  • On most of these days there are more people in the piazza than live in the locality.
    — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The mother of another boy from the same locality said her son still had pain in his limbs.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But some localities will fly a green flag to indicate that the water is safe.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 June 2024
  • The revenue would be evenly split between the state and the locality where it is sold.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The person Joe had sent to watch the locality was sitting up on a hill and heard the noise.
    — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
  • The Booker bill leaves most of this up to localities to figure out.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 20 Apr. 2018
  • So that's going to give most people a chance to vote somewhere near their locality.
    — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2021
  • So far, the climate lawsuits filed by states and localities have had mixed results.
    — Michael Copley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The locality that will probate the estate is likely unique as well.
    — Randy Warren, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, those localities to the right (or east) of this line will be able to see at least a part of this eclipse near sunrise.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • This technique has revealed fossils from fish, sharks, frogs and more in this locality.
    — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Those elections are smaller ones held for localities like cities, towns and school districts.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Maybe the delta variant of Covid-19 has made their locality a hot spot.
    — Claire Rutkowski, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • And the Sam Ran locality was no lonely place.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Since then, several states and hundreds of localities have passed such laws.
    — Ed Sayres, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • For example, in one locality, people may move around a lot -- by car or bus or by walking.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 11 Apr. 2021
  • For example, in one locality, people may move around a lot -- by car or bus or by walking.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 4 May 2021
  • This is how states and localities end up on a merry-go-round of infinite spending.
    — Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Ohio also had one of the five smallest localities where a billionaire was born.
    — Luke MacY, The Enquirer, 25 July 2023
  • States and localities would lose more than $29 billion in tax revenue.
    — Jamelle Bouie, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The locality of the book has people looking for themselves in the story.
    — Joan Hunt, Courant Community, 19 June 2018
  • And regions that have yet to obtain station stops for their localities are pining for a piece of the action.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Tax cuts will take effect in a number of states and localities on the first day of 2025.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Certain states and localities impose sales or other gas taxes and fees.
    — Jiachuan Wu, NBC news, 11 May 2026
  • Your locality or state may prohibit this.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Your locality or state may prohibit this.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Your locality or state may prohibit this.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The change was meant to make marijuana sale the standard across the state unless a locality takes action to block it.
    — Tyler Arnold, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021

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