as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipalities
Small municipalities typically have neither the expertise nor the funds to adequately secure their infrastructure, leaving them open to intrusion.
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Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Over 40 Illinois municipalities have since adopted these harmful policies, while many simultaneously fought to prevent social service providers from helping people survive and transition out of homelessness.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Individual municipalities also have their own tax rates on top of that.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The area holds the separate municipalities of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County, which are packed with Democratic voters.
—Jesse Bedayn, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Some municipalities offer composting programs, in which residents can just place their compost into separate bins to be taken away.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
According to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration, attacks in Kajak, on the border between the municipalities of Marigot and Kenscoff, as well as in Seguin, forced 1,341 people to flee their homes.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
The town is one of just two municipalities in Massachusetts that owns its own dredging equipment.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Over 40 Illinois municipalities have since adopted these harmful policies, while many simultaneously fought to prevent social service providers from helping people survive and transition out of homelessness.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Individual municipalities also have their own tax rates on top of that.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The area holds the separate municipalities of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County, which are packed with Democratic voters.
—Jesse Bedayn, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Some municipalities offer composting programs, in which residents can just place their compost into separate bins to be taken away.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
According to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration, attacks in Kajak, on the border between the municipalities of Marigot and Kenscoff, as well as in Seguin, forced 1,341 people to flee their homes.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
The town is one of just two municipalities in Massachusetts that owns its own dredging equipment.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
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Instead, a system known as PURL has been established, whereby NATO and Europe fund weapons purchases urgently needed by Ukraine, such as Patriot missiles (which can shoot down Russian ballistic or cruise missiles that target cities).—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Royal Caribbean’s Icon-class ships are floating cities at sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent radiation across Europe and forced the evacuation of entire towns, displacing tens of thousands.—
Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Bartolo was born and raised in the Arkansas River Valley, where water rights sell-offs to Front Range cities in the 1970s decimated farm fields and towns.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The federation, based inside Beth El, is entirely volunteer-run and rarely publicizes events or occasions — a sharp contrast to the vibe in the Jewish metropolises of South Florida.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The city’s geographic location insulates it from some of the excesses and blinkered thinking that often dominate other metropolises.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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