as in federal
of or relating to the government of a city or town
municipal government a municipal election
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Recent Examples of municipal
Imposing Additional Requirements on Schools Many of the requirements placed on private schools by zoning boards or other municipal authorities are onerous, unnecessary, expensive, or some combination of the three.
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Michael McShane, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The city sends the water to its municipal treatment plant to get partially treated before it is discharged into the Grand Cal, filings show.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
The Las Vegas Raiders built the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium with the help of $750 million in taxpayer dollars from Clark County municipal bonds and a hotel tax in Las Vegas.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
While residency requirements for municipal seats are common, Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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Michael McShane, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The city sends the water to its municipal treatment plant to get partially treated before it is discharged into the Grand Cal, filings show.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
The Las Vegas Raiders built the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium with the help of $750 million in taxpayer dollars from Clark County municipal bonds and a hotel tax in Las Vegas.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
While residency requirements for municipal seats are common, Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipal
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Village Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The federal Food and Drug Administration will take steps to eliminate the synthetic dyes by the end of 2026, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a news conference.—
Matthew Perrone,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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Already more than 1,000 workers down, EPA tries to convince others to depart US military takes an abrupt turn after decades of climate change research Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, has covered the environment, climate change and other news for decades.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The blaze broke out at around 12:25 p.m. local time on Tuesday in the city of Liaoning, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency and national broadcaster CCTV.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Yes District 11 Please list the highlights of your civic involvement/activism in the city of Fort Worth: Served on various committees and boards with the City of Fort Worth Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding?—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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For All, a progressive coalition of more than 60 faith, labor and other civic organizations.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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These may stem from high levels of crime, civil unrest, or health issues.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The disastrous event led to its organizer pleading guilty to wire fraud and settling a class-action civil suit.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Nor was domestic slavery of an altogether different order.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Us’s first $71 million domestic weekend beats Sinners’s opening weekend, but that movie fell to $33 million by its second weekend.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The move triggered a 21-day public comment period as part of the investigation led by the Commerce Department.—
Maggie Fick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Save the primary beneficiary of that public money from more of the haphazard moves that have her franchise in the company of the league’s laughingstocks.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Per usual, every internal refresh of the Framework Laptop 13 comes with another slate of external parts.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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His goal has not been met of finding $1 trillion in federal savings from waste, fraud and abuse. Veterans Affairs Department: A new internal task force at the mammoth department wants employees to report anti-Christian bias among coworkers going back to the Biden administration.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Municipal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipal. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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