as in town
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 city
In a city where Democrats are two-thirds of registered voters, that makes the general election a foregone conclusion.
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Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But these are the same people telling us Maryland can’t compete with our neighbors for new businesses and Baltimore is a crime ridden city where nobody wants to work.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
There’s the darker and dirty costume, there are protests against him, there are a bunch of other superhero cameos fighting a big monster destroying a city, there’s an alien spaceship over the city.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But these are the same people telling us Maryland can’t compete with our neighbors for new businesses and Baltimore is a crime ridden city where nobody wants to work.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
There’s the darker and dirty costume, there are protests against him, there are a bunch of other superhero cameos fighting a big monster destroying a city, there’s an alien spaceship over the city.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
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Howard's Shiner This humble gas station is located on the outskirts of Shiner, Texas, a town known for its namesake Shiner Bock beer crafted by Spoetzl Brewery (true beer enthusiasts will enjoy a brewery tour).—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Premiering in 2008, Twilight follows a teen girl who moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest and falls in love with a vampire.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Beijing, a metropolis of 22 million people, has periodically been affected by tremors from earthquakes nearby.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some 2,000 years ago, these structures stood in the ancient city of Teos—a thriving metropolis across the sea from Athens.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the municipality of Villa Guerrero in Mexico flower growers and their families grapple with the impact of the toxic chemicals used to cultivate the flowers.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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Last week, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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