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National City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near San Diego.


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Glass and Henry Steagall, his sometime rival in the House, passed their eponymous bill, which broke up National City and other banks that had stock-trading operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Tampatha Climons, one of the tenants, used to live in a two-bedroom apartment in National City, Calif., and worked in food service.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2024

The placement of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, along with its more than 5,000 crew members, was corrected so that it’s in National City, rather than in neighboring San Diego.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2024

Then in 2021, a movement to decriminalize cruising began to take root in National City.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

All I cared about now was putting miles between me and National City and getting played like how I did.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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