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Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People shop for fruit in a grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 13, 2025.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
The math of owning this property just barely computes, and the borough holds painful memories.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Hochul will need substantial turnout in the five boroughs, which skew heavily blue, compared to Republican-leaning areas in upstate New York and Long Island.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
The math of owning this property just barely computes, and the borough holds painful memories.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Hochul will need substantial turnout in the five boroughs, which skew heavily blue, compared to Republican-leaning areas in upstate New York and Long Island.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
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Reflecting those sentiments, last Sunday, Pheu Thai failed to win any seats in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thaksin’s birthplace and the Shinawatra heartland.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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This is a city of creative potential where soulful heritage blends with thriving modernity.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
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In Monkayo, a gold-mining town in Davao de Oro province near Davao Oriental, the remains of three people were recovered after their house was buried late Thursday by a landslide, Dayanghirang and other officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Wine bar Counter Reformation is one of town’s top spots for a pour and sophisticated small plates.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some municipalities require an official permit to plant in a parkway.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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It was also verified that all the packages had been sent from different addresses, located in the municipality of Los Alcázares, in the Murcia region.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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To truly immerse yourself in it, the team suggests strolling along Longmenhao Old Street, where one of the city's oldest streets and the modern metropolis converge along the Yangtze River.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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Mero is also speaking every morning to a city in a period of transformation, as its new mayor hopes to bring a more egalitarian version of politics to the country’s largest metropolis.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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But there are a few burgs in America that rise up to and above standard courtesy.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Its city and school budgets are balanced and the burg generally is well run.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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