Twin Cities

American  

plural noun

1. the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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Twin Cities Cultural  

1. Nickname of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Example Sentences

But immigration agents continued to roam the Twin Cities, and activists continued to get arrested.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Former tight end Steve Jordan, who played nine seasons with Browner in Minnesota, recently visited his former teammate in the Twin Cities, according to a Vikings news release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha, a Twin Cities worker centre, is campaigning for DR Horton, America's largest home builder, and other large housing developers to speak up.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

She wrote that although the operation had “profound and even heartbreaking consequences” on the Twin Cities, she didn’t have the authority to halt it at this early stage of litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

There is exactly one furnished studio apartment listed for the entire Twin Cities area, and they’re not answering the phone on the weekend.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich