city hall
noun
1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall
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But at least one expert said the hiring raises questions about nepotism and suggested the City Council may want to revisit its employment practices and broaden the way opportunities at city hall are promoted.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Four hours later — even before the world’s largest armada arrived to the nearby Normandy beaches — one of those soldiers hauled down the Nazi flag and hoisted an American one up over city hall.
—Catherine Porter Andrea Mantovani, New York Times, 7 June 2024
In this scenario, residents could walk into, say, the council chambers at city hall only to find no one at the dais and the policymakers on a monitor on the wall.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
From city halls to international organizations, oversight of AI is top of mind, and the pace of new initiatives has accelerated in the last months of 2023.
—Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
Four hours later — even before the world’s largest armada arrived to the nearby Normandy beaches — one of those soldiers hauled down the Nazi flag and hoisted an American one up over city hall.
—Catherine Porter Andrea Mantovani, New York Times, 7 June 2024
In this scenario, residents could walk into, say, the council chambers at city hall only to find no one at the dais and the policymakers on a monitor on the wall.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
From city halls to international organizations, oversight of AI is top of mind, and the pace of new initiatives has accelerated in the last months of 2023.
—Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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