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
Miami Gardens is a predominantly Black city, with 63% of its population identifying as Black, according to the U.S. Census.
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Even Chicago, a city with famously extravagant St. Patrick's Day festivities, doesn't have the history to match.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2025
One such destination is Copenhagen, a Scandinavian city renowned for its art and architecture.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
To a resident of the more anonymous and corporate post-pandemic New York, the East Village of the eighties could seem as small and intertwined as a walled city.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Even Chicago, a city with famously extravagant St. Patrick's Day festivities, doesn't have the history to match.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2025
One such destination is Copenhagen, a Scandinavian city renowned for its art and architecture.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
To a resident of the more anonymous and corporate post-pandemic New York, the East Village of the eighties could seem as small and intertwined as a walled city.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
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Community colleges exist in nearly every city and town in America, as do affordable housing organizations and nonprofits dedicated to supporting young people.—
First Place for Youth,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The footage was captured in Vang Vieng, a town in the northwest region of Laos.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Many of the selections underscore the social stresses and inequalities of the growing metropolis, the scars left by the harsh military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983, and the human costs of Argentina’s recurrent economic crises.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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That is what they are being punished for—an effort to free themselves from the control of a former metropolis.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Like state government, municipalities also have exhausted most of their emergency federal pandemic aid.—
Jessika Harkay,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The remaining 28% was funded by federal states, municipalities, and power supply companies.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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