as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a municipality with an excellent police department
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Recent Examples of municipality
Business owners and the tobacco industry argue that allowing municipalities to enact their own regulations forces businesses to comply with a confusing patchwork of laws that differ from city to city.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
The measure removes the rights of municipalities to sue the gun industry, allowing only the state to file lawsuits.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
In December, more than 70 area residents signed a petition requesting an election to make Starbase its own municipality.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
In 2001 the licence was renewed, allowing the building to continue to operate as a hotel, and in 2016 an extra floor was added without the necessary permissions from the local municipality.
—Emily Wither, The Dial, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
The measure removes the rights of municipalities to sue the gun industry, allowing only the state to file lawsuits.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
In December, more than 70 area residents signed a petition requesting an election to make Starbase its own municipality.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
In 2001 the licence was renewed, allowing the building to continue to operate as a hotel, and in 2016 an extra floor was added without the necessary permissions from the local municipality.
—Emily Wither, The Dial, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipality
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Read Next West Ada ID bill would let cities fire library directors.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yes, but: Local restaurant owners can't yet make their monthly meals tax payments via the portal (though that feature is in the works, city spokesperson Ross Catrow tells Axios).—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Eden Vale, Washington, is the sort of solidly middle-class, carefully diverse, generally happy small town that probably only really exists in TV shows but tends to drive a whole lot of them, from Gilmore Girls to Schitt’s Creek to Resident Alien.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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After an introduction from host Trevor Noah, the camera cut to the stage area of the Crypto.com Arena, which was suddenly transformed into the hills and canyons surrounding the California metropolis.—
James Factora,
Them,
3 Feb. 2025
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Romero split her childhood between the sprawling metropolis of Houston and the remote Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Municipality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipality. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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