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
Issues important to Prussing include city spending, community safety and an apolitical city council.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Spanish cities are denser, well-lit, and full of life late into the evening with families strolling, people dining outdoors, and kids playing in the plazas.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Inner-city kids became seaside campers on Long Island with the help of selfless Bostonians like Jack Connors.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
San Diego’s chaotic shift in city trash service has begun to stabilize, with more customers signing up for new bins and more of the roughly 19,000 property owners who lost city service managing to strike deals with private haulers.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Spanish cities are denser, well-lit, and full of life late into the evening with families strolling, people dining outdoors, and kids playing in the plazas.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Inner-city kids became seaside campers on Long Island with the help of selfless Bostonians like Jack Connors.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
San Diego’s chaotic shift in city trash service has begun to stabilize, with more customers signing up for new bins and more of the roughly 19,000 property owners who lost city service managing to strike deals with private haulers.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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Nestled along a private stretch of creek, the hotel feels secluded and tranquil but is also steps away from the heart of town.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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Across the state, Italian Americans have left a legacy through small businesses, community associations, restaurants, Catholic churches and more, from metro Detroit to west Michigan, Upper Peninsula mining towns to mid-Michigan and beyond.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The brand’s latest, which debuted at this year’s China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition, sports a chunky, cyberpunk-indebted design and bold lighting package that wouldn’t look out of place zipping around a futuristic metropolis.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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San Francisco is far smaller than Los Angeles, New York, London, or any of the Chinese metropolises where technological devices are manufactured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 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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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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