How to Use municipality in a Sentence

municipality

noun
  • The boy and his family, who were present at the time of the shooting, are Mexican and from the municipality.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 29 July 2024
  • Bonaire, an island municipality of the Netherlands, is off the coast of Venezuela.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • This will be the first time in the history of the U.S. a municipality's offices will be closed in observance of Eid, Walid said.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Salt Lake City, the only other Utah municipality in the study came in 43rd place.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Drone footage recorded by Cheng Hwa, one of Pino’s students, the day of the June 2022 fires captures the municipality fighting what was in essence an oil fire.
    Julia Shipley, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The Court of Appeal remanded the case back to the county court and the city, stating that the municipality should conduct a new city review process.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Then, at 10 a.m. police were called to a car fire about 40 miles north, in the rural municipality of Cartier.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Some people have asked the city if there are ways to limit the number of boats, which with a private dock the municipality doesn’t have much control over.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2022
  • Instead, the district would work with the municipality on what to do with the property.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • And then, his municipality, (and) a few other farmers did the same.
    Joan Michelson, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • That came after the time when both were the same municipality, Cumminsville.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2022
  • In Mijas, Spain, in the municipality of Malaga, 3,000 people have fled due to fires.
    Christine Theodorou, ABC News, 17 July 2022
  • Utah’s second-largest municipality, West Valley City, was among those that did not commit to the next step.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • In Lee County and the other four municipalities, their rating dropped to a 10 — a 0% discount.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Kyiv municipality aims to set up 1,000 shelters that will be able to offer not only protection against bombs, but a place to warm up.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • This marks the second mass shooting in the state in a month, after attackers killed 10 people in a pool hall in the state's Tarimoro municipality.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Many states and municipalities have laws already on the books that build in more protections for workers.
    Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Dozens were killed as reports emerged that the municipality had a stake in the building and approved a shoddy construction plan.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The municipality’s top five warmest Junes have all happened within the past nine years.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022
  • Since then, only three municipalities out of the state’s 169 towns and cities have applied for speeding or red light cameras, according to the DOT.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
  • He was struck by how the municipality did not have a comprehensive database of what needed to be fixed.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • No municipality would be forced to build units on any specific timeline — or even build them at all.
    John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • This isn't the first year there has been more demand than supply for lifeguards, but across the country, states and municipalities are facing their worst shortages on record.
    Elise Preston, CBS News, 3 June 2023
  • Boston is the only municipality in the state that does not elect its School Committee.
    Julian E.j. Sorapuru, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
  • It’s raised more than $9 million so far and signed up over 200 municipalities as customers.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The South County municipality switched from city-wide elections to a by-district system in April.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Late last year, the local municipality tagged Navi Mumbai as Flamingo City, putting up statues of the bird on streets and painting murals on walls.
    Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • No other municipality in the country has the issue on its ballot this year.
    Connor Sheetsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Recently, the Netherlands has launched a pilot program for cannabis sales in the municipalities of Tilburg and Breda.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Now only a few details are being ironed out before the combined municipality forms on Jan. 1.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024

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