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municipality

[myoo-nis-uh-pal-i-tee] / myuˌnɪs əˈpæl ɪ ti /


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A small farm town in Michigan voted against a proposed data center, but the developers sued and the municipality was forced to settle.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

The quake hit at 7:37 a.m. local time about 20 miles south of the municipality of Maasim off the southern island of Mindanao, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Between 2017 and 2021, Torrance dealers sold the third-most crime guns later recovered in Los Angeles of any municipality in the nation, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

"We don't receive much support from outside, and the occupation affects us in many ways... it limits what the municipality can do."

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Levittown is not technically a city or any kind of municipality.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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