as in federal
of or relating to the government of a city or town
municipal government a municipal election
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Recent Examples of municipal
Every Look from the 2025 Oscars Red Carpet By Vogue
Based on Court of Honor, William P. Wood’s 1991 legal thriller, this Turner Network Television original movie finds Tom Selleck playing a municipal judge who pitches in to help with a government sting operation focused on nailing a dirty judge.
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Nell Beram, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
No one talks politics during the game, but politics undergird the action from the start: the movie opens with a radio host announcing a municipal board’s decision to replace the field with the school.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco offer municipal ID cards and debit cards that can be used to obtain a driver’s license, provide financial aid for education, open a bank account, receive food assistance or access homeless shelter services.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Griffith brings a ton of municipal financial experience with her.
—Terri Daxon, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
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Nell Beram, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
No one talks politics during the game, but politics undergird the action from the start: the movie opens with a radio host announcing a municipal board’s decision to replace the field with the school.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco offer municipal ID cards and debit cards that can be used to obtain a driver’s license, provide financial aid for education, open a bank account, receive food assistance or access homeless shelter services.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Griffith brings a ton of municipal financial experience with her.
—Terri Daxon, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipal
Adjective
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The location of the Cotter Building was used as one argument for why a new federal courthouse planned for the city should be built on nearby Allyn Street.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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Several military leaders fought back, including Army Second Lieutenant Nicolas Talbott, filing a federal lawsuit challenging the decree.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Per Nielsen, the Eastern time zone is home to approximately 60.4 million TV households, or 48% of the national base.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Aerospace Industries Association, which represents nearly 300 aerospace and defense companies, says tariffs put their industry — and national security — at risk.—
TIME,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, corporations can create an employee resource group that is focused on ethics and civic engagement.—
Irma Becerra,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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In Los Angeles, civic leaders are planning a memorial to commemorate a Chinese massacre from 1871, in which eighteen Chinese men were killed, fifteen of them hanged.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The third individual placed on leave -- a member of the office's civil division -- posted about Elon Musk and Ed Martin, a leader of the Stop the Steal movement and President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., the sources said.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Undocumented immigration status, such as a visa overstay, is a civil violation; even crossing the border without inspection is a misdemeanor.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone agrees that imports should not be counted in measuring domestic production.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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But Trump sees tariffs as a powerful tool to either protect the domestic economy from unfair global competition, or to force much better trading terms for the U.S. from those who, in his view, are taking advantage at the expense of American firms and consumers.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The next four largest egg producers are privately held, so their financial data are not public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Under Idaho law, a private citizen can arrest someone when a public offense was committed or attempted in their presence or when someone has committed a felony in or out of their presence, and the citizen has reasonable cause to believe the person committed the crime.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Garrett Whitlock pitched in his first game since an internal brace procedure in May.—
Jen McCaffrey,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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The efforts to cut diplomatic posts and overseas staffing are part of an internal campaign to reduce the State Department's operations budget, perhaps by as much as 20%, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the evolving discussions.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Municipal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipal. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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