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
There were more than 6,000 uses of force by police during that period, according to city records.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
He was born and raised in Lewiston, the second-largest city in Maine.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Zelenskyy said Sunday's attack targeted several regions, including the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, where authorities said at least 16 people were injured.
—Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Grand Blanc is a small city located about 60 miles away from central Detroit.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
He was born and raised in Lewiston, the second-largest city in Maine.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Zelenskyy said Sunday's attack targeted several regions, including the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, where authorities said at least 16 people were injured.
—Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Grand Blanc is a small city located about 60 miles away from central Detroit.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
Noun
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But Chinni said a day off was a day without pay — and the shrimp processing plant was the only reliable work in town.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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The reason Hudson Valley has an idyllic reputation in the first place is because of towns like Kingston, New York.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 Sep. 2025
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First opened in 1994 within the top 14 floors of Kenzo Tange’s Shinjuku Park Tower, Park Hyatt Tokyo quickly became the standard-bearer for luxury hotels in the buzzing metropolis over the next two decades.—
Yukari Sakamoto,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Southern California metropolis lays claim to some of the world’s best year-round farmers markets, and its enclaves of immigrant cuisines—Koreatown, Thai Town, and the San Gabriel Valley for Chinese—are unmatched.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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This partnership brings national visibility to local economic empowerment efforts, creating a model for how municipalities and cultural institutions can work together to advance equity.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Bencomo was currently pursuing a man named Luis Vitali Balmaseda, who had been a police chief in the municipality surrounding Las Cañas.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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