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

Part of Dallas’s problem is that the city never developed around a single, dense central business district in the way older Northeastern cities did.

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

They passed no one who appeared to be a Mexican-American until they had left the business district of still-closed offices, stores, and cafés.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty