municipalities

plural of municipality

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Recent Examples of municipalities While Thunberg says he’s seen some support for the lanes, Knox, who is also on the LNTC board, says local municipalities haven’t been convinced. Michael Praats, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026 Yet in many municipalities, responsibility for maintaining sidewalks is a patchwork system, often left to private owners rather than local government. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 Turner notes that these technologies are developed to help municipalities, industries, and environmental initiatives manage water quality challenges more effectively. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Each of Pennsylvania’s 2,562 municipalities maintains its own license requirements, each with its own exam, experience requirements, and renewal cycle, and no reciprocity between them. Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 To come to its conclusion, the team collected data on small towns with populations between 1,000 and 6,000 people, with the 75 municipalities with the highest search volume included in the final calculation. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026 In Ivory Coast, several days of rain brought flooding that left more than a dozen people dead, most of them in municipalities of Attécoubé and Yopougon in the capital, Abidjan, according to the Minister of National Cohesion Myss Belmonde Dogo. ABC News, 30 June 2026 Right now, two of them are former state legislators who in the past have opposed efforts by Oklahoma municipalities to restrict oil and gas operations. Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Coral Springs and other municipalities plan to proceed with their own education and enforcement campaigns in the absence of state-level guidance. Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
Noun
  • Whereas North County cities account for about 20% of the county’s population, their mayors control 40% of the seats on SANDAG’s 20-member board.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • Strong winds and heavy rain are expected to impact many eastern Chinese cities on Sunday, China’s National Meteorological Center said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2026
Noun
  • Independent Polish judges visited scores of towns to promote the rule of law and teach voters about the country's constitution.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Increasingly severe wildfires — fueled by climate change and more than a century of forest mismanagement — have forced an environmental reckoning on mountain towns nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • The party often endorses the same candidates as the DSA and is readying to target more mayoral offices in the country’s biggest metropolises this fall and in 2028.
    Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026

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“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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