inner city

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Recent Examples of inner city Stephen grew up in the inner city of San Diego, just minutes from Pro Kids, home of First Tee – San Diego. First Tee, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 The law expands opportunity zones and extends tax benefits for investing in inner cities and economically depressed rural areas. Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025 Recruiting players from inner city Los Angeles used to be a priority for USC and UCLA. Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025 Several inner cities are also experiencing the phenomenon. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for inner city
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The funicular ends at the São Pedro de Alcântara stop, just above the Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara, a panoramic terrace that overlooks downtown Lisbon and its castle.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some locations that will experience flash flooding include Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Tempe Marketplace, Fiesta Mall, Mesa Riverview Mall, Arizona State University, downtown Mesa, Arizona Mills Mall, Papago Park and Guadalupe.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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 Sep. 2025.

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