as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
City officials speak proudly of Kanda’s place as one of just a few dozen municipalities in country that don’t rely on subsidies from the national government.
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River Akira Davis, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Other states also leave it up to municipalities to set limits on the number of pets per household.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
This followed the recent discovery of Izaguirre Ranch in early March in the municipality of Teuchitlán, where acts of torture and murder were allegedly committed, according to the Guerreros Buscadores collective.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
Yet our research shows a growing number of municipalities and communities across the U.S. are quietly taking up the charge.
—Elsa Noterman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
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River Akira Davis, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Other states also leave it up to municipalities to set limits on the number of pets per household.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
This followed the recent discovery of Izaguirre Ranch in early March in the municipality of Teuchitlán, where acts of torture and murder were allegedly committed, according to the Guerreros Buscadores collective.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
Yet our research shows a growing number of municipalities and communities across the U.S. are quietly taking up the charge.
—Elsa Noterman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
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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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These are the top cities in which listers reside, in order of popularity.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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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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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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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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