Thesaurus results for NEIGHBORHOODS

neighborhoods

noun

plural of neighborhood

as in districts

an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood?

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as in communities

the people living in a particular area invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party

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as in vicinities

an adjoining region or space we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome

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Recent Examples of neighborhoods The company has evaluated markets based on demographics, prevailing rents, land costs, accessibility, nearby healthcare and retail, surrounding residential neighborhoods and existing competitive supply. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Ladera Ranch, one of Jenuane Communities’ newest neighborhoods, is now pre-selling, giving Northern Nevada homebuyers a new opportunity to explore homeownership in this growing area of Reno. — Jenuane Communities, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The area behind the prime minister's house is the Bari Imam shrine and its surrounding neighborhoods. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 Videos tied to the trend have circulated on social media showing an ominous version of the Cat in the Hat supposedly captured by security cameras or walking through neighborhoods. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 With public transport almost paralyzed, a round trip between the Havana neighborhoods of La Víbora and El Vedado in one of the few taxis still moving in Havana can cost 2000 pesos — $3 — or more. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Thrust into adulthood in a hurry, their travels take them to the wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods in Lagos, New York City and Italy, where their determination to be free runs into a host of roadblocks. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 This marks a larger shift in how healthcare is administered globally, with many aging societies transitioning from hospital-centric care to more personalized and accessible options which are embedded in neighborhoods and communities. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Lucas said Lewis strengthened development and investments in Kansas City neighborhoods. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

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Noun

But lawmakers of both parties are eager to avoid another impasse and would prefer to get back to their districts to campaign before the election.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Here’s the Week 2 schedule for Fort Worth-area high school football teams and schools in area districts.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of districts

Noun

Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Expand rural behavioral health crisis response, local treatment capacity, and patient and staff safety in communities facing service gaps, recent trauma, and provider shortages.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of communities

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

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

Definition of cities

Noun

The scale of the devastation difficult to grasp after that wall of water caught everyone off guard, crashing into entire villages.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Along the river, homes, vehicles and farm tractors could be seen jutting from the thick gray-brown sediment that enveloped entire villages in some areas.

— Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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