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 Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations. — Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026 Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red. — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 The e-commerce giant is preparing to launch its Prime Air service in Tracy as part of a broader expansion effort that will bring delivery drones to 500 cities and towns by the end of the year. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Flock's technology, which photographs every passing license plate and uses AI to extract data, has been installed across thousands of American cities and towns. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 What began as one London restaurant is now a global hospitality and entertainment empire, spanning cafes, hotels, casinos, resorts, and live venues in cities across the globe. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026 Sometimes crowds at his campaign events in smaller, red towns draw more people than in blue cities, Talarico said in an interview. — Eleanor Dearman updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 The videos include convoys of young women on scooters riding through Tehran and other cities. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Crews from six additional cities are working alongside crews with 26 additional contractors. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cities
  1. towns
  2. metropolises
  3. municipalities
Noun
  • At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Natural Disasters Hundreds of people are dead, and at least 1,400 are missing, after a massive wall of water crashed through towns in Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 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
  • Tafoya, who served as an attorney for several municipalities and small authorities across the region, has yet to be sentenced and is cooperating with prosecutors.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The King and Queen traveled extensively around the country and are thought to have visited almost all of its counties and municipalities, according to the state broadcaster NRK.
    — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of municipalities

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“Cities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cities. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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