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downtown

[doun-toun] / ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn /


NOUN
business district
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Estela Lopez of the downtown industrial improvement district, where trash is routinely dumped illegally, wrote to say a county report warned that typhus levels downtown had reached an all-time high.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

In a sultry basement bar on a Wednesday night in downtown Manhattan, some serious trash talking was going on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Ross, who is building a new downtown in West Palm Beach, is planning two new private schools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

A federal jury has awarded $11.8 million to a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who was blinded by a police projectile during a World Series celebration downtown in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

I think it would be pretty cool to have a place downtown, where you can look at the city lights at night.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist




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