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downtown

[daun-taun] / ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn /


NOUN
business district
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Residents will retain their post office box numbers and continue picking up parcels downtown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Wednesday morning, a sea of people snaked around a downtown warehouse in San Francisco, waiting to get into the hottest event in town: the Claude Founder House, hosted by Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It sits right on the pedestrian promenade in the busy downtown port area, making it easy to pair with a kebab lunch and a scoop of local ice cream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“We have a house in Sandy Springs, which I don’t particularly like. I just don’t. I’m just being honest. But downtown, like Inman Park and all that, I love.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Abel moved to Brooklyn and rented an art studio on the fifth floor of a downtown building, a little room with soot-stained walls and large windows looking out at a federal courthouse.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Los Angeles has one of the deadest downtowns in the world, according to a new survey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

As land values surged and horizontal growth became constrained, elevators and downtowns together climbed vertically from the steel-frame towers of the late 19th century to the glass supertalls that shape today’s skylines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

In addition, “many condo buildings are located in urban downtowns, which are less attractive than they used to be for people who now work from home at least part-time,” the paper reported.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

"Carriers really appreciate Freightera's reliable demand for service, which has grown every year consistently, right through Covid, the inflation afterwards and the current freight recession, one of the largest running freight downtowns," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025

Even the brick buildings in the ramshackle little downtowns we drive past seem crisp in this light.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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