as in towns
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 cities
Tyrnauer also plans to use Tribeca Festival’s history to spark a larger conversation about cities, art, and the need for connection, examining how De Niro and Rosenthal harnessed cinema as a form of civic architecture and activism.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 12 June 2026
Strong storms delayed or halted flights at airports in some cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey.
—CBS News, 12 June 2026
Sacramento consistently ranks among the most diverse cities in the country, and that applies across all stripes.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
England’s official national supporters clubs are among the most organized in international football and are famous for traveling without tickets and gathering in host cities simply to be part of the World Cup atmosphere.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Sixteen North American cities are hosting the World Cup, including four in the South, including Miami.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Part of the Stars’ legacy is that their success here triggered the NHL’s expansion into warm-weather cities.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Fans spotted billboards in many cities, including Chicago, London, Dallas and Nashville.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 5 June 2026
That discretion could help explain why some cities, including Miami, Hialeah and Doral, report relatively few immigration encounters or, in some cases, no immigration arrests.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Brent Lang, Variety, 12 June 2026
Strong storms delayed or halted flights at airports in some cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey.
—CBS News, 12 June 2026
Sacramento consistently ranks among the most diverse cities in the country, and that applies across all stripes.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
England’s official national supporters clubs are among the most organized in international football and are famous for traveling without tickets and gathering in host cities simply to be part of the World Cup atmosphere.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Sixteen North American cities are hosting the World Cup, including four in the South, including Miami.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Part of the Stars’ legacy is that their success here triggered the NHL’s expansion into warm-weather cities.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Fans spotted billboards in many cities, including Chicago, London, Dallas and Nashville.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 5 June 2026
That discretion could help explain why some cities, including Miami, Hialeah and Doral, report relatively few immigration encounters or, in some cases, no immigration arrests.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cities
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Sunday fell on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The shooting spree began Sunday morning at a gas station in Kochav Yair on the Israeli-West Bank border and moved to nearby towns, including Salit in the West Bank.—
Robert Blankenship,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Considered one of the oldest metropolises of the world, Tyre has several archaeological sites, some of them submerged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Some of the flashiest metropolises didn’t rank on the list thanks to their outsized housing costs; and although the Midwest city’s average annual early-career earnings are a bit lower than others at $59,123, the average price of a starter home is just $195,000.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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And while the report shows that Miami’s overall median rent is dropping, Zumper’s data for some Miami-Dade neighborhoods and municipalities shows the opposite trend.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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In my view, DeSantis has not been a reliable administrator of Florida’s tax dollars, wasting funds on his pet projects (Albatross Alcatraz and flying immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts) while withholding funds from municipalities who don’t agree with his policies.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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“Cities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cities. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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