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
Adult people go city to city in a bus but often scatter between gigs.
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The tools are simple to use and can be filtered by time range, city and airline.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
New York City experienced the lowest number of shootings and murders in recorded history over the first five months of the year, according to city officials.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
Four other escapees have also been captured within New Orleans city limits and are now being held at the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The tools are simple to use and can be filtered by time range, city and airline.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
New York City experienced the lowest number of shootings and murders in recorded history over the first five months of the year, according to city officials.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
Four other escapees have also been captured within New Orleans city limits and are now being held at the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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The Cubs rolled into town having won four out of five.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Location Located on the northwestern coast of Guanacaste, Punta Cacique is a secluded cliffside community offering easy access to two neighboring beach towns: Playa Hermosa and Playa del Coco.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Unlike the metropolises mentioned above, Hartford has a median home sale price that’s actually lower than the national average—$214,546 compared to $281,900.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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Her characters travel on the public transport and engage firsthand with the unglamorous but still relevant realities of a vast metropolis.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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His office didn’t have detailed value statistics for condos in the county’s 34 municipalities.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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In California, regulators at individual municipalities closely control where and how companies can operate autonomous vehicles.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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