citywide

adjective

city·​wide ˈsi-tē-ˌwīd How to pronounce citywide (audio)
: including or involving all parts of a city
a citywide blackout

Examples of citywide in a Sentence

The ban on smoking in public places is citywide.
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While overall violent crime is down citywide, crime, including violent offenses, has increased in Over-the-Rhine and Downtown. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025 Poverty rates in New York’s Hasidic communities are nearly four times the citywide average. Adina Mermelstein Konikoff, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025 However, their citywide projections for 2025 are up with close to 700,000, a significant jump from 2024’s total of about 400,000. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Recent citywide crime Baltimore Police geolocate offenses by the hundred block. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for citywide

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of citywide was in 1870

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“Citywide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citywide. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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citywide

adjective
city·​wide ˈsit-ē-ˌwīd How to pronounce citywide (audio)
: including or involving all parts of a city
a citywide blackout
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