as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
Typically, when checking for lead in a home's tap water, municipalities (or contractors) will obtain water samples from the dwelling, then analyze those samples in a lab.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 May 2025
The municipality, 52 miles southwest of the Norwegian capital Oslo with a population of around 27,000 people, is the headquarters of the Kongsberg Group, which makes high-precision weapons currently used in Ukraine.
—Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
By completing specific tasks and initiatives, municipalities can achieve bronze, silver or gold status in the EV Readiness program.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Manchester-by-the-Sea, however, is the first municipality to adopt the policy and then have voters reject it.
—Peter Brennan, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 May 2025
The municipality, 52 miles southwest of the Norwegian capital Oslo with a population of around 27,000 people, is the headquarters of the Kongsberg Group, which makes high-precision weapons currently used in Ukraine.
—Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
By completing specific tasks and initiatives, municipalities can achieve bronze, silver or gold status in the EV Readiness program.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Manchester-by-the-Sea, however, is the first municipality to adopt the policy and then have voters reject it.
—Peter Brennan, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
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The scale and speed of the federal response have revived comparisons to Trump’s 2020 handling of unrest, when over 300 federal cases were brought against demonstrators in cities such as Portland and Minneapolis, according to DOJ records.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
14 June 2025
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Footage has since emerged of large plumes of smoke rising from the heart of Israel's major city of Tel Aviv.—
Tom O'Connor
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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The Cubs rolled into town having won four out of five.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Location Located on the northwestern coast of Guanacaste, Punta Cacique is a secluded cliffside community offering easy access to two neighboring beach towns: Playa Hermosa and Playa del Coco.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Unlike the metropolises mentioned above, Hartford has a median home sale price that’s actually lower than the national average—$214,546 compared to $281,900.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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Her characters travel on the public transport and engage firsthand with the unglamorous but still relevant realities of a vast metropolis.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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