central city

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for central city
Noun
  • Manhattan merged with Brooklyn a dozen years before, and here is Greater New York, spreading into new suburbs, boroughs, and garden cities.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.
    Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • And on Thursday, the investigator chased down a tip Hannan had received from one of his followers that his dog was spotted in Del Valle, an edge city in the Greater Austin area.
    Luke Chinman, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Car & Ride-share Services Within the inner city, skip the hassle and call a car; ride-share services like Ola and DiDi are everywhere.
    Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Joe Vercellino, an award-winning music teacher who taught music in Detroit's inner city for nearly a decade and was named Detroit's Teacher of the Year in 2021, knows this reality firsthand.
    Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Central city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/central%20city. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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