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Recent Examples of inner city
Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
Tourists have caused traffic jams and, on busy days, have made the city almost completely inaccessible.
Alternate: Check out Split, which also has an impressive historical inner city (with fewer walls), or head to Zagreb, which is less crowded but still offers a classic Croatian experience.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
In the summer, visitors can choose from an ice-cold mountain water dip or a slow drift on their backs down the large stream with stunning views of the historical inner city.
—Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
Consider also what these vast resources could do to address the plight of veterans and inner city inhabitants.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
Tourists have caused traffic jams and, on busy days, have made the city almost completely inaccessible.
Alternate: Check out Split, which also has an impressive historical inner city (with fewer walls), or head to Zagreb, which is less crowded but still offers a classic Croatian experience.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
In the summer, visitors can choose from an ice-cold mountain water dip or a slow drift on their backs down the large stream with stunning views of the historical inner city.
—Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
Consider also what these vast resources could do to address the plight of veterans and inner city inhabitants.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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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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Having shaped the skyline of downtown Dubai, Emaar Properties is looking abroad for growth, and future targets may be in the world’s two largest economies, according to Founder and Chairman Mohamed Alabbar.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The project plays a key role in SomeraRoad’s transformation of Paseo South Gulch—a five-acre pocket of downtown that blends historic architecture with a new wave of design, dining, and wellness destinations, including an Equinox gym, the Catbird Seat, Maiz de la Vida, and Carter Vintage Guitars.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And on Thursday, the investigator chased down a tip Hannan had received from one of his followers that his dog was spotted in Del Valle, an edge city in the Greater Austin area.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Inner city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20city. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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