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, the argument goes, responsibility for prevention, response, and recovery should be shifted closer to where disasters actually strike and onto states, municipalities, private markets, and international partners themselves.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The competition, run by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic foundation, challenges cities to find innovative and creative solutions to prominent issues facing municipalities — things such as affordable housing, waste management, emergency services and environmental issues.
—Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
Devastating Pyrotechnics was a supplier for local fireworks shows, and multiple municipalities, including San José, were forced to cancel their holiday shows due to the accident.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
The company was also contracted with several other municipalities across the capital region and Northern California, and the status of those shows was not immediately clear.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The competition, run by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic foundation, challenges cities to find innovative and creative solutions to prominent issues facing municipalities — things such as affordable housing, waste management, emergency services and environmental issues.
—Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
Devastating Pyrotechnics was a supplier for local fireworks shows, and multiple municipalities, including San José, were forced to cancel their holiday shows due to the accident.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
The company was also contracted with several other municipalities across the capital region and Northern California, and the status of those shows was not immediately clear.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
Noun
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Parents are stepping up to push schools and cities to adapt to increasing temperatures.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Sidewalks are to cities as scenic vistas with unbroken landscapes are to country living.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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His sister’s wedding would take place in a nearly completely white town.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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His childhood at the movies was an escape from a dreary and limited everyday life in a small rural town.—
Suzanne Jill Levine
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Today, Elba is more known for whimsical seaside towns dotted with cafés, shops and visitors from all over Italy and abroad looking for a respite in various scenic harbors before returning to the buzzing metropolis of Florence.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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