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Recent Examples of borough
In the past decade though, numerous designers, especially younger ones, have opted to run their businesses in other parts of Manhattan, outer boroughs and in some instances other states, where commercial rents are more affordable.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
March 5, 2025 Man behind the meme Lyons, who lives in the New York borough of Queens, shared the inspiration for his viral video.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Jobs are at their highest levels in city history, crime is down across the five boroughs, and people are coming back to the greatest city on the globe.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
My experience as Manhattan borough president and a City Council member has given me firsthand knowledge of this problem.
—Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
March 5, 2025 Man behind the meme Lyons, who lives in the New York borough of Queens, shared the inspiration for his viral video.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Jobs are at their highest levels in city history, crime is down across the five boroughs, and people are coming back to the greatest city on the globe.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
My experience as Manhattan borough president and a City Council member has given me firsthand knowledge of this problem.
—Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
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The panorama stretches across four counties and takes in city skyline views, four Bay Area bridges, the Marin Headlands, East Bay Hills and the South Bay.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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But they will be used as tools by city officials, developers and community members to shape Charlotte’s future.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pour a damn fine cup of coffee and see what the cast has been up to since the '90s cult classic first left town.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In developing a town around their chocolate factory, the Hersheys also built theaters, recreation centers and public transportation for their workers.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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So, in Utah, as municipalities now have to figure out how to get fluoride out of the water supply, this new law is just as much an economic issue as a health issue.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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If the municipalities did not comply in the future, Poliakoff feels as though developers will have an easier time prevailing in court with any other lawsuits.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Brazilian coastal metropolis has world-famous beaches worth singing serenades about—and many musicians have.—
Joel Balsam,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
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As Deadline has been telling you for months, the Rocky Mountain metropolis has been in pole position over the United Utah bid and the efforts of Cincinnati, Ohio since the Robert Redford founded cinema celebration revealed the trio of finalists last September.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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