core city

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for core city
Noun
  • 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
  • Helping inner cities Since the 1930s, mortgage lenders had denied predominantly Black city neighborhoods access to financing.
    Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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
Noun
  • Pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths were seen more in the downtown and Broadway corridors, Vissers said.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • According to police, the breaks-ins have taken place in the downtown and Bridgeport Avenue locations.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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