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Recent Examples of inner city
Recruiting players from inner city Los Angeles used to be a priority for USC and UCLA.
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Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Several inner cities are also experiencing the phenomenon.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
That’s when Danger came into the picture, moving from an inner city church in St. Paul, Minnesota to Hollywood.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
One popular rule to inch closer to this goal has been to further limit smoking in public outdoor areas like restaurant and bar patios, beaches, parks, natural areas or even inner city streets.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Several inner cities are also experiencing the phenomenon.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
That’s when Danger came into the picture, moving from an inner city church in St. Paul, Minnesota to Hollywood.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
One popular rule to inch closer to this goal has been to further limit smoking in public outdoor areas like restaurant and bar patios, beaches, parks, natural areas or even inner city streets.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 27 June 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
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Detroit's port that year had a festival that brought over a million people to the RiverWalk area in downtown Detroit, with 20 different ships from various countries, according to Director of Events and Communications for the Tall Ships Challenge Erin Short.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The inaugural Indianapolis Pizza Festival will take place right in the heart of downtown on Monument Circle, and feature some friendly, delicious competition with $5,000 on the line.—
Samanta Habashy,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Inner city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20city. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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