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 climate action is moving elsewhere, to regional partnerships, in city halls, and across the global south—with or without American leadership.
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Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
The Lakeland City Council has nixed a plan to purchase a commercial building in town for its next city hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the Free Press.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Anti-Islam demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters on Tuesday in Dearborn as a group of a few dozen marched toward city hall, shouting Islamophobic rhetoric.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
The Lakeland City Council has nixed a plan to purchase a commercial building in town for its next city hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the Free Press.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Anti-Islam demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters on Tuesday in Dearborn as a group of a few dozen marched toward city hall, shouting Islamophobic rhetoric.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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