city council
noun
a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
city councils
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pluralof city council.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“It means that future city councils cannot overturn a data center ban, even if data center developers wanted to spend money to fund pro-data center candidates.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
“Turns out meaningful public services do cost money, so mayors and city councils were left fighting over tax cuts and poor services until everyone simply threw up their hands.”
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Most were hyper-local rules that may not otherwise have drawn scrutiny, like redistricting plans for city councils and school boards, or polling place changes in small towns.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
“Mixed use is generally better received by city councils than storage alone,” Farnsworth says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
The logical result of this system has been the growing distrust of public officials and especially of such representative bodies as state legislatures and city councils.
From The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by J. Allen (James Allen) Smith
