as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
Instead, they can only be used by professionals with a permit obtained from the municipality where they'll be set off, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
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Finch Walker, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Qualifying periods for Seminole’s six other municipalities — Lake Mary, Longwood, Casselberry, Oviedo, Winter Springs and Altamonte Springs — are in August.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Zinacantán is a municipality in Chiapas, the southernmost Mexican state.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 12 June 2026
Meanwhile a search continues for journalist Roxana Guzmán Ramírez, director of the digital news site Pulso Informativo, who has been missing since early June in the municipality of Nanchital, in the southern part of the state.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Finch Walker, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Qualifying periods for Seminole’s six other municipalities — Lake Mary, Longwood, Casselberry, Oviedo, Winter Springs and Altamonte Springs — are in August.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Zinacantán is a municipality in Chiapas, the southernmost Mexican state.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 12 June 2026
Meanwhile a search continues for journalist Roxana Guzmán Ramírez, director of the digital news site Pulso Informativo, who has been missing since early June in the municipality of Nanchital, in the southern part of the state.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
Noun
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This city's got burgers for days, spread out across neighborhoods and dietary preferences.—
Alanna Bennett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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Many cities with higher tax rates than that, will see their sales taxes rise to 11% or more should the measure win approval.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Sandia Mountain, the aerial tramway to the peak, the fancy resort and casino, but don’t sleep on little Pueblo of Isleta south of town.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Look what happened two weeks ago in the small town of Mongbwalu in northern DRC, where a group of young men made four different attacks on the local hospital in a bid to retrieve the body of an Ebola victim for burial.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
13 June 2026
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The success has coincided with summer weather arriving in New York City, turning a notoriously tough metropolis into a multi-borough block party.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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Whether or not Raman’s new lead lasts, Pratt might be thinking of ordering movers one way or another as the likelihood of him prevailing in the heavily Democratic metropolis seems slim.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
7 June 2026
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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