as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
Thomas is used to dealing with the pesky processes of liquor licensing in multiple Kansas City-area municipalities.
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Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
The legislation would allow local municipalities in Cook County with a population of more than 70,000 to set up their own stadium authorities.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The municipality of Paiporta became one of the disaster’s symbols.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Today, the municipality doesn’t seem too eager to promote its affinity for the international language (its tourism office tends to focus more on local castles and caves), but Herzberg has achieved near-mythic status among some Esperantists.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
The legislation would allow local municipalities in Cook County with a population of more than 70,000 to set up their own stadium authorities.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The municipality of Paiporta became one of the disaster’s symbols.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Today, the municipality doesn’t seem too eager to promote its affinity for the international language (its tourism office tends to focus more on local castles and caves), but Herzberg has achieved near-mythic status among some Esperantists.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
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Whether stolen, borrowed, or bought, public trash cans from various cities—New York, Berlin, Rome, and Bolzano—are sparsely distributed across the hall.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Buffalo Bill State Park is located in the quaint nearby town of Cody, just a 15-minute drive from Shoshone—sunrise and sunset from the park aren’t to be missed.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Picard was stationed at a seaside resort in Bournemouth, a town on England’s south coast, as the weeks ticked down to D-Day.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Hyde has McCallany playing Detective Grimes, a haunted investigator descending into the decaying underbelly of a crumbling metropolis while hunting a brutal serial killer.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
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Transportation will also be a security challenge in the metropolis of nearly 22 million people, according to Teresa Martínez, a professor and researcher at the School of Social Sciences and Government of Tecnológico de Monterrey.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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