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central city

NOUN
inner city
Synonyms
STRONGEST
downtown slum
WEAK
barrio center city core core city public housing district skid row slums urban city urban ghetto

Example Sentences

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“Where L.A. is really struggling is in that network of smaller parks that serve the central city, the everyday parks where you stop off for lunch or after work.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The office of the clerical body charged with choosing Khamenei's successor as supreme leader, the Assembly of Experts, was also bombed in the central city of Qom on Tuesday, Iranian media reported.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Similar gatherings took place elsewhere in Iran including in Tehran and the central city of Yazd.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

It is only the second time that Moscow has used the Oreshnik, which was first deployed to hit the central city of Dnipro in November 2024.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

“In the central city, buildings and monuments went up and down, up and down, at an incredible rate,” Vranich told me at Tiwanaku, where he had been working since 1996.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann