city hall
noun
1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall
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Another way to bring down construction costs is to clear the backlog of plan approvals at city halls.
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Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Sliwa organized a three-day hunger strike at city hall to protest the mayor’s refusal to credit the Guardian Angels with the rescue of a transit officer from an attack at the Bowling Green subway station.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The Fort Worth City Council will decide whether to approve a $650,000 settlement with a survey company whose error added time and money to the completion of the new city hall project.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2025
Daniel Chapo took his oath as the country’s fifth president before about 2,500 people who endured intense heat in front of a city hall in the capital, Maputo.
—Charles Mangwiro, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Sliwa organized a three-day hunger strike at city hall to protest the mayor’s refusal to credit the Guardian Angels with the rescue of a transit officer from an attack at the Bowling Green subway station.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The Fort Worth City Council will decide whether to approve a $650,000 settlement with a survey company whose error added time and money to the completion of the new city hall project.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2025
Daniel Chapo took his oath as the country’s fifth president before about 2,500 people who endured intense heat in front of a city hall in the capital, Maputo.
—Charles Mangwiro, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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