midtown
noun
mid·town
ˈmid-ˌtau̇n 
-ˈtau̇n
: a central section of a city
especially
: one situated between sections conventionally called downtown and uptown
midtown
adjective
Examples of midtown in a Sentence
Rents in midtown are very expensive.
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images Thompson, 50, was gunned down outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown early Wednesday morning by a masked gunman wielding a pistol with a silencer.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Brian Thompson, 50, was accosted outside of the Hilton Hotel in midtown, and later pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
But shortly after the 927-foot-tall Manhattan Company Building was finished 11 months later, it was bested by midtown’s Chrysler Building, boosted by its massive spire that had been built in secret, according to New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the midtown graffiti was taken down before law enforcement even arrived to the scene.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Brian Thompson, 50, was accosted outside of the Hilton Hotel in midtown, and later pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
But shortly after the 927-foot-tall Manhattan Company Building was finished 11 months later, it was bested by midtown’s Chrysler Building, boosted by its massive spire that had been built in secret, according to New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the midtown graffiti was taken down before law enforcement even arrived to the scene.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
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“Midtown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midtown. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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