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Noun
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The suburbs have gotten more Democratic, while rural areas and some pockets of deep inner cities have moved toward Republicans.—
Tribune News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2024 -
The lack of Black male teachers is a big missing piece to the puzzle of improving the inner city educational system.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Then Jurado thumped incumbent Kevin de León to win a downtown and Eastside seat and become the first Filipino American on the City Council.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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LaFrance said the initiative aimed to spotlight downtown and Old Sacramento businesses in a way that felt creative and engaging for the community.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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