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Recent Examples of inner city
And so as the big grocery stores have closed in inner city neighborhoods, the dollar stores moved in.
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Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Car & Ride-share Services Within the inner city, skip the hassle and call a car; ride-share services like Ola and DiDi are everywhere.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Joe Vercellino, an award-winning music teacher who taught music in Detroit's inner city for nearly a decade and was named Detroit's Teacher of the Year in 2021, knows this reality firsthand.
—Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
Daniel, meanwhile, forged ties with other criminal groups in Dublin—in particular, the Hutches, who ruled the projects of the north inner city.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Car & Ride-share Services Within the inner city, skip the hassle and call a car; ride-share services like Ola and DiDi are everywhere.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Joe Vercellino, an award-winning music teacher who taught music in Detroit's inner city for nearly a decade and was named Detroit's Teacher of the Year in 2021, knows this reality firsthand.
—Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
Daniel, meanwhile, forged ties with other criminal groups in Dublin—in particular, the Hutches, who ruled the projects of the north inner city.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner city
Noun
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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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Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order Wednesday after a massive student protest over federal immigration enforcement efforts spiraled into violence in downtown LA.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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One of Austin’s best taquerias is moving from its furtive spot in a downtown alley to one of the most famous streets in the city.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 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 8 Feb. 2026.
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