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a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipalities
Last year, in an effort to bring at least some unofficial results to the county faster, Forlini and the county sheriff offered a program where a deputy and a county clerk employee went to municipalities to pick up the sticks and drive them back to the county elections department in Mount Clemens.
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Although municipalities in other countries can borrow from their national government—Canada regularly provides localized loans to stimulate housing construction—American cities and towns usually don’t have that luxury.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Like most municipalities, Carefree has rights (or entitlements, as they’re formally known) to two different kinds of water in the CAP.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
His office proposed multiple sites as options for honoring Walton, in part due to his broad impact across San Diego, but also because it can be complicated to get a street rename approved by municipalities.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
BlackRock is also overweight on prepaid gas munis, which municipalities use to pay for long-term supply of natural gas or energy.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
But the organization hasn’t gotten all Wisconsin municipalities and residents on board.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The operation will be gradually extended to other municipalities until the end of the month, according to city officials.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Local municipalities and organizations have offered advice on how to stay safe this Halloween.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Although municipalities in other countries can borrow from their national government—Canada regularly provides localized loans to stimulate housing construction—American cities and towns usually don’t have that luxury.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Like most municipalities, Carefree has rights (or entitlements, as they’re formally known) to two different kinds of water in the CAP.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
His office proposed multiple sites as options for honoring Walton, in part due to his broad impact across San Diego, but also because it can be complicated to get a street rename approved by municipalities.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
BlackRock is also overweight on prepaid gas munis, which municipalities use to pay for long-term supply of natural gas or energy.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
But the organization hasn’t gotten all Wisconsin municipalities and residents on board.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The operation will be gradually extended to other municipalities until the end of the month, according to city officials.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Local municipalities and organizations have offered advice on how to stay safe this Halloween.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
Noun
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Other Indian cities with GCCs are seeing similar trends.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Based in Guangzhou, the self-driving vehicle company operates in several major Chinese cities, as well as markets outside of China.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But that election didn’t include towns or school board.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike most towns Upstate, Saratoga Springs has an extensive network of bus routes via the Capital District Transportation Authority, that can get you all around town.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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The big story 31-year-old Aarushi Kilawat is a fashion entrepreneur from India's Jaipur, a small city with less than 5 million residents — a far cry from Indian metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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