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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This includes safety precautions at city hall or county buildings where public meetings are held, such as metal detectors or patrolling security guards.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Sokoloff seems to believe that his oversight will be more welcomed at city hall while history tells us that this is deeply naive.
—Rafael Perez, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Some of the episode’s interiors were built alongside the regular Widow’s Bay sets, so breaks for her –– while costumed in 18th century clothing –– were spent taking a breather on a city hall desk or lounging on a couch that would certainly be out of place in 1702.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2026
In the center of town, underneath the tall clock tower that rises above city hall, people bow their heads in silence as another military funeral convoy passes through the streets.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Sokoloff seems to believe that his oversight will be more welcomed at city hall while history tells us that this is deeply naive.
—Rafael Perez, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Some of the episode’s interiors were built alongside the regular Widow’s Bay sets, so breaks for her –– while costumed in 18th century clothing –– were spent taking a breather on a city hall desk or lounging on a couch that would certainly be out of place in 1702.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2026
In the center of town, underneath the tall clock tower that rises above city hall, people bow their heads in silence as another military funeral convoy passes through the streets.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for city hall
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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