municipalities

noun

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 Water and Sewer Department leaders urged council members to pass immediate salary adjustments for employees, detailing mounting hurdles in recruiting and retaining qualified personnel amid intense competition from neighboring municipalities. — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026 Kowalski noted that the state of Indiana leaves it up to the municipalities to police short-term rentals. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 The strain is testing the adaptations that municipalities have put in place since a hallmark deadly heat wave in 2003. — Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 Nationwide, about 141 municipalities have enacted permanent or temporary bans, according to the city. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 July 2026 Meanwhile, another major wildfire burned further south down the coast in the municipalities of Biscarrosse and Parentis-en-Born. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 Yes, seniors must pay property taxes, but many states and municipalities offer senior property tax exemptions, freezes, or deferral programs that significantly lower the annual bill for older homeowners. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Headlines from around the country swirled about how the lengthy US government shutdown left local municipalities without the necessary funds to prepare for millions of people coming to the US. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Why have only two municipalities in the United States established their own public utilities in the past decade? — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipalities
  1. cities
  2. towns
  3. metropolises
Noun
  • Flock says the cameras are used by public safety agencies, neighborhood homeowners associations, business managers and college campuses across cities in the United States.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Downtown Neighbors Alliance President James Torres said the city of Miami should examine how other cities like New York and Miami Beach have cracked down on short-term rentals.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of cities
Noun
  • From a real estate standpoint, there’s more new construction here than in most comparable towns, which means more options for buyers who want modern finishes at prices that haven’t caught up to Lisbon’s level yet.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
  • Others say construction and an influx of workers are already causing havoc for ranchers and towns, driving up rents, snapping up farmland, illuminating the night sky, clogging roads and turning parts of rural Texas into industrial zones.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of towns
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
Definition of metropolises

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“Municipalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipalities. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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