as in town
a thickly settled, highly populated area
commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city
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Recent Examples of city
The kind who might shoot vlogs at jewelry stores and sneaker resale shops and make most of their money doing 25 minute sets in cities like Tucson and Omaha and shilling weed strains on their Instagram stories.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 May 2025
The Charlotte Observer reached out to a city spokesperson to offer city officials a chance to comment on the allegations in the post, but did not receive any comment Thursday.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Police in both Little Rock and North Little Rock will have wider access to flying drones after both cities were awarded state grants this year, although the departments' plans...
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—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Keep your Hall of Fame career in a strange city and give me the Crawford experience, please.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 May 2025
The Charlotte Observer reached out to a city spokesperson to offer city officials a chance to comment on the allegations in the post, but did not receive any comment Thursday.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Police in both Little Rock and North Little Rock will have wider access to flying drones after both cities were awarded state grants this year, although the departments' plans...
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—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Keep your Hall of Fame career in a strange city and give me the Crawford experience, please.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city
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Howard's Shiner This humble gas station is located on the outskirts of Shiner, Texas, a town known for its namesake Shiner Bock beer crafted by Spoetzl Brewery (true beer enthusiasts will enjoy a brewery tour).—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Premiering in 2008, Twilight follows a teen girl who moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest and falls in love with a vampire.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Beijing, a metropolis of 22 million people, has periodically been affected by tremors from earthquakes nearby.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some 2,000 years ago, these structures stood in the ancient city of Teos—a thriving metropolis across the sea from Athens.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the municipality of Villa Guerrero in Mexico flower growers and their families grapple with the impact of the toxic chemicals used to cultivate the flowers.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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Last week, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“City.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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