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
No Kings protests rippled peacefully across dozens of cities, both in the U.S. and overseas, to stand against the Trump administration's large-scale military parade on Saturday.
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Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 14 June 2025
Footage has since emerged of large plumes of smoke rising from the heart of Israel's major city of Tel Aviv.
—Tom O'Connor Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
The scale and speed of the federal response have revived comparisons to Trump’s 2020 handling of unrest, when over 300 federal cases were brought against demonstrators in cities such as Portland and Minneapolis, according to DOJ records.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
Charleston, the state capital, is about an hour north of the National Park there, and other cities closer to the park include Fayetteville, Beckley and Hinton.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 14 June 2025
Footage has since emerged of large plumes of smoke rising from the heart of Israel's major city of Tel Aviv.
—Tom O'Connor Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
The scale and speed of the federal response have revived comparisons to Trump’s 2020 handling of unrest, when over 300 federal cases were brought against demonstrators in cities such as Portland and Minneapolis, according to DOJ records.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
Charleston, the state capital, is about an hour north of the National Park there, and other cities closer to the park include Fayetteville, Beckley and Hinton.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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The Cubs rolled into town having won four out of five.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Location Located on the northwestern coast of Guanacaste, Punta Cacique is a secluded cliffside community offering easy access to two neighboring beach towns: Playa Hermosa and Playa del Coco.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Unlike the metropolises mentioned above, Hartford has a median home sale price that’s actually lower than the national average—$214,546 compared to $281,900.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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Her characters travel on the public transport and engage firsthand with the unglamorous but still relevant realities of a vast metropolis.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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His office didn’t have detailed value statistics for condos in the county’s 34 municipalities.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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In California, regulators at individual municipalities closely control where and how companies can operate autonomous vehicles.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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