inner city
Example Sentences
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Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
“I was in the inner city, I’m not going to shy away from that,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Handsworth and other inner city areas have been worst affected in recent years by a lack of investment, Mr Connell says, "disproportionately hitting the areas which already had problems around poverty and housing stock".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
Williams, who has a 3.8 grade point average and plans to graduate in December, said he hopes to be part of the start of a rebirth in championing players from the inner city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2025
It was 96 percent black, but it wasn’t in the inner city, and most of its students did not come from deprived backgrounds but from middle-class ones.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
