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Noun
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Imagine if two twins are separated at birth and raised in different homes: one on a farm with pets and one in the inner city.—
Breanne Hayes Haney,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Researchers began excavating the Xiongan site in 2017, working their way from the outer city to the inner city and discovering the Tang Dynasty temple where the dragon was found in 2023 as well as other ceramics and Buddhist relics.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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Manhattan merged with Brooklyn a dozen years before, and here is Greater New York, spreading into new suburbs, boroughs, and garden cities.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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The church bells rang in downtown Houston, Texas, as Catholics, with hearts both heavy and grateful, came for comfort.—
Janet Shamlian,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Weaving throughout the streets of downtown Boston, Lokedi was neck-and-neck with two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri up until the last mile before pulling away to ultimately win the race by 19 seconds.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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