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downtown

[doun-toun] / ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn /


NOUN
business district
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Beginning in June, Reid joined clergy from several Episcopal churches on Chicago’s North Side who began gathering weekly at Federal Plaza downtown to pray.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Rents are still several hundred dollars below the national average, but the couple said developments downtown have boosted demand at their three boutique hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The number of apartments in downtown Kansas City doubled over the past decade, with nearly a third of that growth happening since 2020, according to real-estate data firm CoStar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

He and his neighbors, many of them from a downtown encampment, were told that visitors were not allowed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The calls came in to a central operator sitting at a switchboard at the phone company downtown.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson