business district
noun
: the part of a city or town where there are many businesses
The restaurant is in the business district.
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Whereas Liverpool has the Albert Dock, museums and a business district punctuated by glassy high rises, Wirral has very few distinguishable features from the river beyond its scaly, grey sea wall.
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Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
In every central business district across the U.S., leaders are pushing for new ideas to reimagine vacant office buildings.
—Rafi Golberstein, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
As the population grew, a five-block section along West Ninth Street, between Broadway and Chester, became the center of the Black business district.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The pre-dawn shooting in the middle of Manhattan's central business district rattled the city, happening just four blocks from where tens of thousands of people were set to gather for Wednesday night's tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
In every central business district across the U.S., leaders are pushing for new ideas to reimagine vacant office buildings.
—Rafi Golberstein, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
As the population grew, a five-block section along West Ninth Street, between Broadway and Chester, became the center of the Black business district.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The pre-dawn shooting in the middle of Manhattan's central business district rattled the city, happening just four blocks from where tens of thousands of people were set to gather for Wednesday night's tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Business district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20district. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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