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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The travel is helping boost economies even as it has angered many locals who say their cities, now reliant on foreign visitors, are no longer serving them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
And that might have happened, if the Sex Pistols had booked their first U.S. tour through the kinds of major, music-friendly cities that most bands visit.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Average annual rent across 10 university towns and cities, external - excluding London and Edinburgh - rose from £6,520 in 2021-22 to £7,475 in 2023-24.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Within an hour, though, the cities gave way to much smaller towns and villages, and they saw more creatures, fewer people.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
