as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipalities
As municipalities adapt to the pressures of climate change, density, and livability, urban landscape design has become a top priority.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of this damage was concentrated in northwest Milwaukee and in multiple municipalities around the city of Milwaukee, including West Allis, Bayside, Brown Deer, Glendale and Wauwatosa.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Other municipalities, across state lines, have also seen serious crimes related to domestic violence so far this year.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The company’s long-term vision is to provide developers, building owners, utilities, and municipalities with a scalable path to decarbonize heating and cooling.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
After municipalities waited months for their reimbursement claims to make it through the laborious FEMA approval process, their requests were sent to Noem’s desk pending her signoff — and were sitting there for months, Campbell said.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
State lawmakers would need to first authorize municipalities to create local option taxes, then the City Council would need to exact an ordinance and a majority of Detroit voters would need to approve it.
—Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities have had to reprint ballots and, in some cases, require postal voters to cast new ballots for elections on September 14.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, its fatality rate was low compared to other major municipalities on the list.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of this damage was concentrated in northwest Milwaukee and in multiple municipalities around the city of Milwaukee, including West Allis, Bayside, Brown Deer, Glendale and Wauwatosa.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Other municipalities, across state lines, have also seen serious crimes related to domestic violence so far this year.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The company’s long-term vision is to provide developers, building owners, utilities, and municipalities with a scalable path to decarbonize heating and cooling.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
After municipalities waited months for their reimbursement claims to make it through the laborious FEMA approval process, their requests were sent to Noem’s desk pending her signoff — and were sitting there for months, Campbell said.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
State lawmakers would need to first authorize municipalities to create local option taxes, then the City Council would need to exact an ordinance and a majority of Detroit voters would need to approve it.
—Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities have had to reprint ballots and, in some cases, require postal voters to cast new ballots for elections on September 14.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, its fatality rate was low compared to other major municipalities on the list.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
Noun
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That’s one of my favorite cities to play in.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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What To Know The protest centres on a march through New York City at 12pm but will also take place in other cities.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This strong demand for rental units has brought up prices in university towns, already exacerbated by landlords passing on the higher cost of home-buying to tenants.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The route passes a whopping eight state parks and a handful of small shoreline towns known for their local fish and lakefront views.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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