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Examples of city council in a Sentence
He's running for city council.
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Jerry Springer was a prominent figure in Cincinnati for serving as mayor in 1977 and 1978 and on city council throughout most of the 1970s and early 1980s.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Among Ohio's municipal governments with populations over 10,000, such as city councils, representation is about 29%, Rutgers' data shows.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
That's a contrast to full-time mayors, who aren't members of their city councils.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
She was first elected to city council in 2011, and then re-elected in 2015, 2019, and 2023.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined above
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“City council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20council. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
city council
noun
: the legislative body of a city
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