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inner city

[in-er sit-ee] / ˈɪn ər ˈsɪt i /


ADJECTIVE
referrring to older, densely populated areas of a city
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Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“I was in the inner city, I’m not going to shy away from that,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

On Wednesday, Fremont All-City defensive end Andrew Williams signed with USC, the first inner city signee since Joseph Lewis and Greg Johnson signed from Hawkins High in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

"It's very obvious really, piles of rubbish, mountains of rubbish really in streets inner city Birmingham, so yeah a very, very big problem," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

Five days later, the Russians surrounded the inner city, prepared for siege warfare.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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