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city

Definition for city

adjective as in metropolitan

noun as in large town

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Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.

When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.

Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.

The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to city, such as: burghal, citified, civic, civil, interurban, and intraurban.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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