business district
noun
: the part of a city or town where there are many businesses
The restaurant is in the business district.
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Now, children under 12 can no longer ride electric bicycles in Poway and no one can ride an e-bike or any bicycle on any sidewalk in a business district.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Another beneficiary of the Boot Block is the downtown business district.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025
Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district in Beijing, China.
—Lim Hui Jie,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2025
Then, in mid-October, a large fire erupted in the city’s business district, burning for hours and injuring four people.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Another beneficiary of the Boot Block is the downtown business district.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025
Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district in Beijing, China.
—Lim Hui Jie,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2025
Then, in mid-October, a large fire erupted in the city’s business district, burning for hours and injuring four people.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for business district
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“Business district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20district. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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