city
noun
a large or important town.
cities
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pluralof city.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the marry-anywhere policy, Beijing is turning to a familiar move in its economic playbook: pushing provinces and cities to duke it out for growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Photographs in the installation — some taken by Ali’s husband, Masahiro Sugano — capture Ali dressed as the bug in cities all over the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The reality was that I wore them on public transport and on foot in several cities including London, Glasgow and Portsmouth, and nobody batted an eyelid.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Across several cities, effective schools shared strong leadership, high expectations, order, a clear academic mission and frequent monitoring of student progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some trains traveled even farther westward into Indiana and on to the growing industrial cities of Gary, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
