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
The car and its driver were stopped and no longer posed any danger, according to a statement posted on the Leipzig city website.
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CBS News, 4 May 2026
Right now, cities are starved of revenue because large commercial property owners are paying artificially low, outdated tax rates and that holds back local investment in schools, housing and infrastructure.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Those who commit a traffic infraction are permitted under the law to drive to a nearby police station and appear right away before a city judge there.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
So wrote Marcel Proust, capturing the essence of a city where water, light, art, and memory converge.
—Alessandra Pellegrino, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
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CBS News, 4 May 2026
Right now, cities are starved of revenue because large commercial property owners are paying artificially low, outdated tax rates and that holds back local investment in schools, housing and infrastructure.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Those who commit a traffic infraction are permitted under the law to drive to a nearby police station and appear right away before a city judge there.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
So wrote Marcel Proust, capturing the essence of a city where water, light, art, and memory converge.
—Alessandra Pellegrino, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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Our neighbors were Blacks and Puerto Ricans, working-class Irish and Italians, and some Jews who hadn’t yet moved on, plus the legions of us new immigrants, from Asia and Eastern Europe and the Caribbean, who’d ended up in this commuter town north of New York City.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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One afternoon in November, just north of the small Oregon coastal town of Yachats, a juvenile humpback whale tumbled ashore.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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This will not only strengthen the state’s demand for more power and fresh water for rural areas and major metropolises, but create thousands of new and needed jobs.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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But beyond the rockets and stars, Houston is a vibrant metropolis alive with culture, creativity, and flavor.—
Carrie Honaker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Democrats said one of the biggest benefits is that tax increases will likely be lessened in many cities and towns because of the additional funding that the municipalities will receive.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Arden is one of the last signs of life before a long, rural stretch of land, in which drivers depart from more populous communities and head toward more rural municipalities such as Pahokee and Belle Glade.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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