business district
Example Sentences
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Azeez Akanni hopped on a yellow bus heading for the central business district on Lagos Island, beads of sweat rolling down his neck and arms.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
He also said that no Israeli diplomatic personnel were in the consulate, which is located in Istanbul's main business district in the Besiktas area.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Downtown Dallas, the central business district, was at 27.2% at the end of the third quarter, according to real-estate data firm CoStar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
But the area has not been the dominant business district for spread-out Southern California for decades, and the pandemic led to more office vacancies.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
There are still a few houses scattered around—all of them modest, narrow, wood-framed structures stabilized with brick buttresses—and a couple of buildings in what was once the central business district.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
