core city

noun

Definition of core citynext
as in inner city

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  1. inner city
  2. garden city
  3. downtown
Noun
  • Just as, college towns and inner cities offers more guarantees for Vice President Harris than heavily blue-collar and Hispanic communities.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In many parts of the country, suburbs and exurbs have seen the biggest population gains in the last decade, while inner cities have often lost residents.
    Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of inner city
Noun
  • Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.
    Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
Definition of garden city
Noun
  • District 3, which spans West Oakland, uptown and part of downtown, has emerged as a sort of key political battleground for the city’s future.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Park City downtown and its many ski hangouts, such as Deer Valley Resort, lie roughly 30 minutes south of your stay.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of downtown
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