as in town
a thickly settled, highly populated area
commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city
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Recent Examples of city
Much of this expansion targets smaller cities where cinema culture is still developing.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Cities and Towns to Visit Turin Turin is a stately, under-the-radar city nestled in a valley at the foot of the Alps.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Darcy spent much of his law enforcement career trying to improve use of force policies and is now a use of force consultant for cities on the west coast.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
And there was strong support from our city.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Cities and Towns to Visit Turin Turin is a stately, under-the-radar city nestled in a valley at the foot of the Alps.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Darcy spent much of his law enforcement career trying to improve use of force policies and is now a use of force consultant for cities on the west coast.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
And there was strong support from our city.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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But Chinni said a day off was a day without pay — and the shrimp processing plant was the only reliable work in town.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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The reason Hudson Valley has an idyllic reputation in the first place is because of towns like Kingston, New York.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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First opened in 1994 within the top 14 floors of Kenzo Tange’s Shinjuku Park Tower, Park Hyatt Tokyo quickly became the standard-bearer for luxury hotels in the buzzing metropolis over the next two decades.—
Yukari Sakamoto,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Southern California metropolis lays claim to some of the world’s best year-round farmers markets, and its enclaves of immigrant cuisines—Koreatown, Thai Town, and the San Gabriel Valley for Chinese—are unmatched.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Drone delivery services similarly invested years and significant resources in securing FAA approvals for beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations before municipalities imposed noise restrictions, flight path limitations, and local bans.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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California municipalities now had the ability for their governing bodies to delegate the decennial process to a commission or committee every ten years.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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