independent city
noun
: a city in the state of Virginia having a status equivalent to that of a county
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Laurel is an independent city of about 30,000 within the boundaries of Prince George’s County.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Aggregate turnout in Virginia's 12 independent cities that are at least 40 percent Black was 31 percent, well under the statewide turnout rate of 40 percent.
—Tia Yang, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Residents, including Dickerson’s parents, incorporated Roosevelt City in 1967 as its own independent city as part of a movement that swept the South, as Black people claimed self-governing power and fought to preserve their communities.
—Hannah Denham | Hdenham@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
Councilman Scott Sherman, the audit committee chairman who announced the new auditor, said an independent city auditor is the backbone of accountability across the city, which employs almost 12,000 people and has an annual budget greater than $4 billion.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
Chris Van Gorder, Scripps Health NO: There is virtually no chance the rest of the city of San Diego will vote approval for La Jolla to secede even if a majority of La Jolla residents approved the formation of an independent city.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
There’s a new effort in La Jolla to break off from San Diego and form an independent city.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
The former Colored School No. 3, built in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in 1881, when Brooklyn was still an independent city, was declared a landmark by the city in 1998.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
That disparity in following restrictions shows up in many public spaces, said Patty López, a former Assemblywoman for District 39, pointing for example to the contrast between the independent city of San Fernando and Sylmar, which is part of the city of Los Angeles.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Aggregate turnout in Virginia's 12 independent cities that are at least 40 percent Black was 31 percent, well under the statewide turnout rate of 40 percent.
—Tia Yang, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Residents, including Dickerson’s parents, incorporated Roosevelt City in 1967 as its own independent city as part of a movement that swept the South, as Black people claimed self-governing power and fought to preserve their communities.
—Hannah Denham | Hdenham@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
Councilman Scott Sherman, the audit committee chairman who announced the new auditor, said an independent city auditor is the backbone of accountability across the city, which employs almost 12,000 people and has an annual budget greater than $4 billion.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
Chris Van Gorder, Scripps Health NO: There is virtually no chance the rest of the city of San Diego will vote approval for La Jolla to secede even if a majority of La Jolla residents approved the formation of an independent city.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
There’s a new effort in La Jolla to break off from San Diego and form an independent city.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
The former Colored School No. 3, built in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in 1881, when Brooklyn was still an independent city, was declared a landmark by the city in 1998.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
That disparity in following restrictions shows up in many public spaces, said Patty López, a former Assemblywoman for District 39, pointing for example to the contrast between the independent city of San Fernando and Sylmar, which is part of the city of Los Angeles.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
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“Independent city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/independent%20city. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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