as in federal
of or relating to the government of a city or town
municipal government a municipal election
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Recent Examples of municipal
Originally Published: April 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT
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CT town bans cigarettes, marijuana smoking and vaping on municipal property
Longtime watering hole in historic CT building up for sale.
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From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
Miami Herald 305-376-3619 Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Lonnie Groot is a Daytona Beach Shores attorney who has represented municipal governments throughout Central Florida.
—Lonnie Groot, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
Township elections are ostensibly nonpartisan races, but state Democrats apparently seek to expand their already large footprint by joining in the usually lower-turnout municipal elections for local offices.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
Miami Herald 305-376-3619 Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Lonnie Groot is a Daytona Beach Shores attorney who has represented municipal governments throughout Central Florida.
—Lonnie Groot, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
Township elections are ostensibly nonpartisan races, but state Democrats apparently seek to expand their already large footprint by joining in the usually lower-turnout municipal elections for local offices.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipal
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Three Manhattan federal prosecutors resigned on Tuesday after saying the Trump administration had asked them to admit wrongdoing in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case as a condition of their return.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2025
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One is the two-sided bronze Japanese American Internment Memorial, at the federal building in downtown San Jose.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a night that saw Pittsburgh Penguins fans give Ovechkin a standing ovation.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Amonte Hiller wants the game, which will air on the Big Ten Network, to showcase the program in a stadium that in January was selected to host the NCAA women’s lacrosse national championship in 2026.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Yes District 11 Please list the highlights of your civic involvement/activism in the city of Fort Worth: Served on various committees and boards with the City of Fort Worth Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding?—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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For All, a progressive coalition of more than 60 faith, labor and other civic organizations.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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If this were a civil case, the parties would likely file motions for summary judgment, and the judge would be able to offer an explanation of how the law applies to the evidence adduced at trial.—
Andrea Tinianow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In civil cases, confidential settlements can resolve matters that might have taken years to go to trial, by allowing those accused of wrongdoing to minimize any publicity.—
David W. Chen,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Huston could recognize the ways of that brood: her own renowned and eccentric family inhabited that domestic world of privilege, power, infidelity, and intrigue that became Christie’s writerly milieu.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The adoption of the Republicans’ budget bill has thrown a spotlight onto the hot-button issue that could make or break President Trump’s domestic agenda: Medicaid.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ever since then, Mavs general manager Nico Harrison has been public enemy No. 1 in Dallas.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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As Obama explained to Bush, the rumors surrounding her decision to simply bow out of some aspects of public life proves how many expectations women still carry on their shoulders.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Major negative factors include Iran’s greater nuclear weapon capabilities, its shorter time frames to build nuclear weapons, and the growing normalization of internal Iranian discussions favoring building nuclear weapons.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The countermeasures will come into effect on April 15, following the completion of the Commission's internal procedures.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Municipal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipal. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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