core city

noun

Definition of core citynext
as in inner city

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  1. inner city
  2. garden city
  3. downtown
Noun
  • Democrats have the elites (Big tech, Hollywood, media, sports, Wall Street, etc.), and the inner cities.
    For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Hip-hop is the rose that grew from the concrete of poverty and deprivation in the inner city.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of inner city
Noun
  • Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.
    Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
Definition of garden city
Noun
  • Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol downtown for a public vigil organized by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The move be an economic stimulus for downtown Youngstown and bring some decent jobs to the area.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of downtown
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