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Recent Examples of borough
Despite Mamdani’s victory in the primary, Andrew Cuomo performed better in majority-Black, outer-borough neighborhoods that have experienced less gentrification.
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
The neighborhood was like an outer-borough Eden to this city kid, full of fellow Italian-Americans and an upwardly mobile, lower-middle-class vibe.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Students wait in line before the start a career fair at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Williams appeared on stage alongside Trump on May 23 at a campaign rally held in the Bronx borough of New York City.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
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Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
The neighborhood was like an outer-borough Eden to this city kid, full of fellow Italian-Americans and an upwardly mobile, lower-middle-class vibe.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Students wait in line before the start a career fair at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Williams appeared on stage alongside Trump on May 23 at a campaign rally held in the Bronx borough of New York City.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
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The Tunnels of Moose Jaw is one of the major attractions of Saskatchewan’s fourth largest city.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Oct. 2025
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Expands to the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown LA next weekend, ahead on a theatrical roadshow opening in one new city each week.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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When Singh’s successor decided to make the fort taller, its shadow fell on the hermit’s home, consequently bringing destruction to the complex and surrounding towns.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The boat was intercepted off the northern coast of Venezuela, near a small fishing town called San Juan de Unare, which, in the past two decades, has become a transit point for the smuggling of cocaine and marijuana.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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That includes farmers who have had sludge from water treatment plants spread on their land containing PFAS, fire departments, airports and municipalities, people who own land that was polluted by PFAS originating from another nearby property or waste facilities that accepted PFAS.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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So the city may be less affected by SB 79 than other municipalities in the county.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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This Brazilian metropolis, with over one million inhabitants and located in the Amazon region, will host international leaders this November for the UN Climate Summit.—
Tarciana Medeiros,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Just 1,890 people live in the tiny Midwestern burg, but there must be at least that many guns to go around.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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New faces are finding them, from Bokey locals and folks from outer-burgs like Debary and DeLand to longtime regulars from Kissimmee and Lake Nona.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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