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
Other Indian cities with GCCs are seeing similar trends.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Based in Guangzhou, the self-driving vehicle company operates in several major Chinese cities, as well as markets outside of China.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The Amazon Unlike Brazil’s major cities, where the action ramps up in summer, the Amazon starts to quiet down in large part because of the arrival of the rainy season, which is at its peak from December to March.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Weak shaking has been recorded and residents reported experiencing the tremor in several cities, including Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace and Redlands according to the USGS DYFI report.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
High temperatures in both cities could be about 15 degrees below normal, with Washington, DC, in the mid-40s and New York City in the low-40s.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The district covers Northeast Tarrant County, including much of Fort Worth, and suburban cities Southlake, Keller and North Richland Hills, where Wambsganss held her election night event.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
This concept would be particularly useful for island cities like Singapore, where limited land leads to high real estate costs, making data centers even more expensive.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Affected airlines include Aeromexico, Volaris, and Viva Aerobus, impacting flights to cities like Houston, Newark, and Austin.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Based in Guangzhou, the self-driving vehicle company operates in several major Chinese cities, as well as markets outside of China.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The Amazon Unlike Brazil’s major cities, where the action ramps up in summer, the Amazon starts to quiet down in large part because of the arrival of the rainy season, which is at its peak from December to March.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Weak shaking has been recorded and residents reported experiencing the tremor in several cities, including Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace and Redlands according to the USGS DYFI report.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
High temperatures in both cities could be about 15 degrees below normal, with Washington, DC, in the mid-40s and New York City in the low-40s.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The district covers Northeast Tarrant County, including much of Fort Worth, and suburban cities Southlake, Keller and North Richland Hills, where Wambsganss held her election night event.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
This concept would be particularly useful for island cities like Singapore, where limited land leads to high real estate costs, making data centers even more expensive.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Affected airlines include Aeromexico, Volaris, and Viva Aerobus, impacting flights to cities like Houston, Newark, and Austin.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cities
Noun
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But that election didn’t include towns or school board.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike most towns Upstate, Saratoga Springs has an extensive network of bus routes via the Capital District Transportation Authority, that can get you all around town.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The big story 31-year-old Aarushi Kilawat is a fashion entrepreneur from India's Jaipur, a small city with less than 5 million residents — a far cry from Indian metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
30 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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Last year, in an effort to bring at least some unofficial results to the county faster, Forlini and the county sheriff offered a program where a deputy and a county clerk employee went to municipalities to pick up the sticks and drive them back to the county elections department in Mount Clemens.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Although municipalities in other countries can borrow from their national government—Canada regularly provides localized loans to stimulate housing construction—American cities and towns usually don’t have that luxury.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Cities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cities. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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