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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Both Parker and former Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price argued that building a new city hall from scratch would have cost the city an additional $120 million.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
The city of Mississauga, next door to Toronto, this week raised oversize Canadian flags outside its city hall.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
As street vendors cooked hot dogs and tamales on flat top grills, the marchers held up clever signs and chanted and sang while making their way to city hall.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
In a Facebook statement shared on Feb. 26, Isla Mujeres' city hall claimed the festival's team had not secured the necessary permits for the musical event.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
The city of Mississauga, next door to Toronto, this week raised oversize Canadian flags outside its city hall.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
As street vendors cooked hot dogs and tamales on flat top grills, the marchers held up clever signs and chanted and sang while making their way to city hall.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
In a Facebook statement shared on Feb. 26, Isla Mujeres' city hall claimed the festival's team had not secured the necessary permits for the musical event.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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