Thesaurus results for MUNICIPALITY

municipality

noun

myu̇-ˌni-sə-ˈpa-lə-tē

Definition of municipality

as in city

a thickly settled, highly populated area a municipality with an excellent police department

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Recent Examples of municipality If a land parcel is already zoned for commercial development there is not much that local municipalities can do about it. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 My position is based on the need to balance property-tax relief with the ability of municipalities to maintain essential public services and responsibly manage their budgets. — Emoni Nicole McGregor, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The film will be shot next year in Switzerland and Cordeirópolis, a municipality in the central region of the state of São Paulo. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 The same group clashed with soldiers Friday in the municipality of Timbio, killing a sergeant, according to the army. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for municipality

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Noun

Across industries, big cities, and small towns, working people are struggling.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Officials and activists in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

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The conclusion of the state's investigation into the shooting death of Kohen Wiley follows months of mourning and calls for justice, both nationally and in the small town where the shooting took place, about 40 miles south of Memphis.

— SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Southwold is one of Britain’s affluent seaside getaway towns, filled with Range Rovers and sunburned Londoners.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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In it, Tomlin takes viewers through a virtual metropolis complete with high-rise apartments, a speakeasy, an aquarium, and a baseball stadium.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
The game is set in the fictional cyberpunk metropolis of Night City in California, within the dystopian Cyberpunk universe.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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