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Recent Examples of inner city
Colleges pay almost no income taxes and generally avoid paying property taxes even though their vast tracts of valuable land are often in or near struggling inner cities.
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But our federal government instead prioritizes over our vets and inner city residents the millions from around the world who enter the United States illegally through our now open borders, and distributes them throughout the country.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Imagine if two twins are separated at birth and raised in different homes: one on a farm with pets and one in the inner city.
—Breanne Hayes Haney, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But our federal government instead prioritizes over our vets and inner city residents the millions from around the world who enter the United States illegally through our now open borders, and distributes them throughout the country.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Imagine if two twins are separated at birth and raised in different homes: one on a farm with pets and one in the inner city.
—Breanne Hayes Haney, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inner city
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner city
Noun
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Manhattan merged with Brooklyn a dozen years before, and here is Greater New York, spreading into new suburbs, boroughs, and garden cities.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
Noun
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On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted a downtown curfew that was first imposed in response to vandalism and clashes with police after crowds gathered in opposition to agents taking migrants into detention.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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Police responded to reports that the former heiress had pushed an officer in downtown Charleston.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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“Inner city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20city. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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