as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipalities
In the western part of Colorado's Arapahoe County, boundaries between municipalities can be a little tricky.
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Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Of the 485 municipalities across the Pittsburgh metro region, 71% lost residents over the same period.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
Officials maintain a network of 108 mosquito-trapping stations in 88 municipalities throughout the state, Armstrong said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
The bill limits recipient eligibility, reduces benefits and services and shifts costs from the federal government onto states and local municipalities.
—Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Spanning 11 provinces and municipalities, the river corridor supports almost 50 percent of the nation’s population.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
And while the report shows that Miami’s overall median rent is dropping, Zumper’s data for some Miami-Dade neighborhoods and municipalities shows the opposite trend.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
In my view, DeSantis has not been a reliable administrator of Florida’s tax dollars, wasting funds on his pet projects (Albatross Alcatraz and flying immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts) while withholding funds from municipalities who don’t agree with his policies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Allowing municipalities to ban competitive supply moves the market in precisely the opposite direction.
—Michael Rombach, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Of the 485 municipalities across the Pittsburgh metro region, 71% lost residents over the same period.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
Officials maintain a network of 108 mosquito-trapping stations in 88 municipalities throughout the state, Armstrong said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
The bill limits recipient eligibility, reduces benefits and services and shifts costs from the federal government onto states and local municipalities.
—Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Spanning 11 provinces and municipalities, the river corridor supports almost 50 percent of the nation’s population.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
And while the report shows that Miami’s overall median rent is dropping, Zumper’s data for some Miami-Dade neighborhoods and municipalities shows the opposite trend.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
In my view, DeSantis has not been a reliable administrator of Florida’s tax dollars, wasting funds on his pet projects (Albatross Alcatraz and flying immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts) while withholding funds from municipalities who don’t agree with his policies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Allowing municipalities to ban competitive supply moves the market in precisely the opposite direction.
—Michael Rombach, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
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Tyrnauer also plans to use Tribeca Festival’s history to spark a larger conversation about cities, art, and the need for connection, examining how De Niro and Rosenthal harnessed cinema as a form of civic architecture and activism.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Strong storms delayed or halted flights at airports in some cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The landscape is so wild and the little medieval towns along the way so unspoiled that the two-hour journey seems to take you back in time.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
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Teams sprouted in towns and villages across the region.—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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Considered one of the oldest metropolises of the world, Tyre has several archaeological sites, some of them submerged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Some of the flashiest metropolises didn’t rank on the list thanks to their outsized housing costs; and although the Midwest city’s average annual early-career earnings are a bit lower than others at $59,123, the average price of a starter home is just $195,000.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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