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downtown

[doun-toun] / ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn /


NOUN
business district
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Set in downtown LA, it’s an eclectic, colorful boutique hotel with vintage brick details and excellent service.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

In September, the development corporation hired its own chief executive, Shola Olatoye, who began pitching tech moguls on the returns of investing in an American city’s downtown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Team representatives wrote in the lobbying material that the Blazers’ future in Portland was at stake — and that a departure would threaten the city’s turnaround from pandemic-era headlines about downtown retail vacancies and crime.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

The confrontation outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center came after hours of peaceful “No Kings” demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles and across the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

They drove under a little bridge and through downtown.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold