Thesaurus results for MUNICIPALITY

municipality

noun

myu̇-ˌni-sə-ˈpa-lə-tē

Definition of municipality

as in city

a thickly settled, highly populated area a municipality with an excellent police department

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Recent Examples of municipality On April 19, the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office reported the dismantling of a synthetic drug lab in the municipality of Morelos, in the mountains of that state. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 The Water Authority supplies water to a population of more than 432,000 people in 15 South Central Connecticut municipalities. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 The 29th District consists of 15 municipalities bordered by Naval Station Great Lakes to the north, Wilmette to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, and Buffalo Grove and Des Plaines to the west. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 This year, canvassers with We Are Casa stopped working in Spring Garden and West York borough, two independent municipalities in the county, because of the 287(g) agreements. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for municipality

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President Emmanuel Macron has been the primary target of scorn following nationwide riots that overtook Paris and other cities, but the insurgent National Rally does not want to let mainstream conservatives off the hook.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors allege Ulrich helped Mazzio's daughter obtain a higher-paying city job and also attempted to assist Mazzio, who operates a Brooklyn towing company, with licensing issues.

— Alice Gainer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of city

Noun

The conclusion of the state's investigation into the shooting death of Kohen Wiley follows months of mourning and calls for justice, both nationally and in the small town where the shooting took place, about 40 miles south of Memphis.

— SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Southwold is one of Britain’s affluent seaside getaway towns, filled with Range Rovers and sunburned Londoners.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of town

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Imagine a perfect replica of a sprawling metropolis, a Tokyo or a São Paulo, engraved at atomic dimensions on a tile the size of a fingernail.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, some gave the Chinese metropolis reasons to keep moving after the runway lights went down.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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