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In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, the Queen Mary 2 prepares to depart the Red Hook Terminal, bound for Southampton, England, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
Read: Hong Kong is self-destructing Since 2019, more than 5,000 emigrants have moved to the South London borough of Sutton, where a local group organized a camp in 2023 to educate children of the Hong Kong diaspora about Chinese repression.
—Cora Engelbrecht, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
Froot Loops cereal, sold in Canada and made with natural dyes, left, and Froot Loops cereal, sold in the US and made with artificial dyes, arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Mayor Sadiq Khan expanded to cover the British capital’s outer boroughs in 2023.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
Read: Hong Kong is self-destructing Since 2019, more than 5,000 emigrants have moved to the South London borough of Sutton, where a local group organized a camp in 2023 to educate children of the Hong Kong diaspora about Chinese repression.
—Cora Engelbrecht, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
Froot Loops cereal, sold in Canada and made with natural dyes, left, and Froot Loops cereal, sold in the US and made with artificial dyes, arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
—Amelia Lucas,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Mayor Sadiq Khan expanded to cover the British capital’s outer boroughs in 2023.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
Noun
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These are the top cities in which listers reside, in order of popularity.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Leaders from nine Wise County cities — Boyd, Aurora, Decatur, Bridgeport, New Fairview, Alvord, Paradise Newark and Rhome — were among Wise County officials who joined forces over a year ago to lay a groundwork for the Wise Regional Water District.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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Right around the time Big Mood was closing up shop in the Crossroads last month, another wine bar and retail shop was uncorking across town.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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What did evoke his inventiveness were the people around him in his small town.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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According to Illinois law, municipalities are required to use speed camera revenues only on public safety purposes, as well as constructing and maintaining public safety infrastructure.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Property tax revenues are directly tied to real estate values, and if assessments fall, municipalities may be forced to adjust budgets or raise tax rates to compensate.—
Derek Gilliam,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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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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Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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