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Infantry, tanks, artillery advancing toward inner city Israeli army spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said Israeli forces had been operating in the periphery of Gaza City for several weeks but since the night of Monday to Tuesday large numbers of troops had begun moving towards the inner city.
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Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
That day, students across Jefferson County boarded yellow school buses, with Black students headed to formerly White suburban schools, while White students were bused to formerly Black inner city schools.
—Bailey Loosemore, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities.
—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
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Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
That day, students across Jefferson County boarded yellow school buses, with Black students headed to formerly White suburban schools, while White students were bused to formerly Black inner city schools.
—Bailey Loosemore, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner city
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The backstory This is the first Edition in Southeast Asia, a new build designed by Safdie Architects that pays tribute to Singapore’s reputation as a modern garden city.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
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Thank you for the warmest welcome to your garden city.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In 2022, Landry moved in with her father for her senior year of high school before enrolling at the university herself, and Layla found a place downtown where Knox was a freshman in high school.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Minneapolis continued to reel on Thursday after a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, was shot in the head this week by a federal immigration officer in a residential neighborhood south of the Midwestern city's downtown.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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 9 Jan. 2026.
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