as in town
a thickly settled, highly populated area
commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city
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Recent Examples of city
In a city where Democrats are two-thirds of registered voters, that makes the general election a foregone conclusion.
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Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But these are the same people telling us Maryland can’t compete with our neighbors for new businesses and Baltimore is a crime ridden city where nobody wants to work.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
There’s the darker and dirty costume, there are protests against him, there are a bunch of other superhero cameos fighting a big monster destroying a city, there’s an alien spaceship over the city.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But these are the same people telling us Maryland can’t compete with our neighbors for new businesses and Baltimore is a crime ridden city where nobody wants to work.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
There’s the darker and dirty costume, there are protests against him, there are a bunch of other superhero cameos fighting a big monster destroying a city, there’s an alien spaceship over the city.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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That number is quickly dwindling due to depopulation—some towns have not experienced a birth in more than a decade.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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With brick sidewalks and boutiques housed in historic buildings, this town provides a true glimpse into the past.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In those nine minutes of footage, the camera meanders through an optimistic, dynamic metropolis where new technologies breed new visions and big plans.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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In the municipality of Villa Guerrero in Mexico flower growers and their families grapple with the impact of the toxic chemicals used to cultivate the flowers.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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Last week, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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