as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
Santee has a new city manager to oversee day-to-day operations in the East County municipality.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Other municipalities, across state lines, have also seen serious crimes related to domestic violence so far this year.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued urgent alerts from Hokkaido down to Wakayama Prefecture, leading to evacuations for nearly two million residents across 229 municipalities.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
An additional $145,000 is also due to the Small Cities Organized Effort, a group of municipalities that support Northern California cities with financial risk management, according to its website.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Other municipalities, across state lines, have also seen serious crimes related to domestic violence so far this year.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued urgent alerts from Hokkaido down to Wakayama Prefecture, leading to evacuations for nearly two million residents across 229 municipalities.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
An additional $145,000 is also due to the Small Cities Organized Effort, a group of municipalities that support Northern California cities with financial risk management, according to its website.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
Noun
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Wisconsin, small town officials have unilaterally removed drop boxes or rejected voting machines, ignoring state guidance.—
Hannah Fried,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Forget the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which allowed the budding metropolis to become an industrial center.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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