How to Use core city in a Sentence

core city

noun

• The measure would help fund core city services and maintain quality-of-life programs, according to city officials.
  — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
• Instead, these are solid job-producing investments — for a change — in the core city of Lake County’s county seat.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
• That includes maximizing the potential of Mission Bay Park and supporting our tourism economy — critical engines that fund core city services.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• Eliminate wasteful tourism marketing expenditures and redirect those funds to core city priorities such as public safety, infrastructure and essential services.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• The percentage of highway commuters, mainly those from the suburbs heading to the core city, has increased to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers logged in 2019.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
• Shawn Raymundo As the oldest, largest and core city of the Valley, Phoenix spent decades reinventing its downtown corridor, largely by welcoming new sports arenas, college campuses and medical complexes and by investing in a light rail system.
  — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025