cities

noun

plural of city
as in towns
a thickly settled, highly populated area commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city

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Recent Examples of cities In major Canadian cities, anywhere from 78% to as much as 90% of crime guns recovered came from or were smuggled in from the United States, the ATF says. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 Then, as deregulation and contraction brought cost-cutting, more stations farmed out traffic coverage to the point that large numbers of radio stations get reports from people not even in their cities. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The personal finance website compared the nation’s 100 largest cities across 23 metrics related to the cost of pet ownership, pet health and wellness and outdoor amenities for animals. — Evan Moore august 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026 Such temperatures also ground firefighting aircraft, leaving cities, towns and forests even more vulnerable to a wildfire’s whims. — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026 All 27 cities Italy's health ministry monitors, including Rome, Naples, Venice, and Bologna, are on red alert this week. — Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 The partial solar eclipse or Surya Garahn was visible in India today, the eclipse was seen in various cities of the country including Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Chennai, etc. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Fuldauer cited recent research from Nature Science, which showed that the June 2026 heat wave saw nearly half of 854 European cities break or approach all-time heat-stress records, with a peak of 48°C recorded at Casteltermini, Italy. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026 Extreme Heat Warnings are in place for Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix and also farther north for cities like Salt Lake City and Billings, Montana. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cities
  1. towns
  2. metropolises
  3. municipalities
Noun
  • With more than 5,000 people aboard, keeping them all unified and focused as one team is difficult in a ship larger than some small towns, said Jennifer Parker, a former Royal Australian Navy officer and nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The tactic has rendered many towns and villages uninhabitable.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of towns
Noun
  • Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • The party often endorses the same candidates as the DSA and is readying to target more mayoral offices in the country’s biggest metropolises this fall and in 2028.
    — Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Definition of metropolises
Noun
  • Which could take weeks or months, in many cases because the forensic systems are just not good in these water municipalities.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For suburban municipalities facing rising costs and limited resources, those benefits matter.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of municipalities

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