core city
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of core city
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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“I’m personally not prepared to lay off existing city employees who provide core city services ... so that we can start new programs,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
“The gains we have seen in investments in Memphis, especially in the core city, over the last few years tell a different story.”
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023
“You can’t go back to the past unless you are in some kind of theme park, and we are not a theme park, we are a core city of the U.K.”
From New York Times ● May 18, 2021
How is Hammond, a larger urban core city, doing it?
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Nearly 30 percent of the affected applications are considered “mission critical,” affecting core city services, including police and courts.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2018
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