as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
When discretionary permitting authority sits at the local level, projects face different (and often changing) rules, timelines, and political dynamics in every county or municipality.
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Tom Bitting,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
This landmark measure compels our counties and municipalities to remain politically responsive to the people who live there.
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Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said buildings had also collapsed in the municipality’s Altamira neighborhood.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
This wasn’t true across all pricier municipalities, though.
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Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
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Tom Bitting,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
This landmark measure compels our counties and municipalities to remain politically responsive to the people who live there.
—
Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said buildings had also collapsed in the municipality’s Altamira neighborhood.
—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
This wasn’t true across all pricier municipalities, though.
—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for municipality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
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Robert Harrington will be the next mayor of the nation’s 14th largest city.
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In 2026, Goldman appears to be trailing in polls to Lander, a former city comptroller and councilman from Brooklyn.
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Meanwhile in Lebanon, airstrikes hit the southern town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, a day after Israel signed an agreement to withdraw troops from some areas.
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The governor's order gives Barnes power to restrict or prohibit fireworks displays in Utah's cities and towns, instead of leaving those decisions to the communities.
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
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The novels are a time-lapse panorama of a metropolis perpetually reshaped by its inhabitants.
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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