Thesaurus results for MUNICIPALITIES

municipalities

noun

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plural of municipality

as in cities

a thickly settled, highly populated area a municipality with an excellent police department

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Recent Examples of municipalities And given municipalities’ sudden hunger for such facilities, the misuse of taxpayer money is up there, too. —

Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 May 2026 Many counties and municipalities will claim that the act interferes with local autonomy and would lead to out-of-control growth. —

Michael Schill, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 The report estimates organized crime is active in at least 67% of Amazon municipalities across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 While most municipalities began livestreaming meetings post-pandemic, access varies across the county. —

Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026 Hilliard cited the billions of dollars in treatment and recovery funding provided by HHS, including to state and local municipalities, as evidence that Kennedy is taking the issue seriously. —

Lev Facher, STAT, 12 May 2026 But Charlotte’s situation is more complicated, Craig said, because the city already has a definition for data centers and regulations on the books, unlike the other municipalities. —

Terry Roueche, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026 The minimum insurance requirements to film in Culver City have also been reduced, to match the lower liability limits agreed to by other nearby municipalities. —

Judith Martin-Straw, Variety, 12 May 2026 Don Schaefer, the president of the Mid-West Truckers Association, said drivers are forced onto a smaller number of routes as more municipalities try to restrict the use of local roads. —

Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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James Ward During the debate, Republican candidate Steve Hilton said that only a small percentage of California has been developed for housing, arguing that the state should focus on building homes on undeveloped land rather than increasing density in existing cities.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
With its Victorian homes, beaches, and impressive culinary scene, the city boasted the largest discrepancy of major American cities the study looked.

— Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026