inner city
nounDefinition of inner city
: the usually older, poorer, and more densely populated central section of a city
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Examples of inner city in a Sentence
The mayor is trying to attract new businesses to the inner city.
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Can the charitable efforts at homeless assistance and private schooling in inner cities that Catsimatidis and Marcus crow over fill the funding gap for public programs? — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Two billionaires explain why they shouldn’t pay more taxes, unlike you poor saps," 15 Aug. 2019 PeopleShores, which trains professionals in rural areas and inner cities, is expanding in Mississippi. — CNN, "Silicon Valley is changing the world. It must do more to ensure everyone benefits," 25 June 2019 In fact, many aging and once-declining communities—from Utica, New York to inner city St. Louis—have credited young, entrepreneurial refugees with reinvigorating their local economy and commercial main streets. — Stephen Kaufer, Fortune, "TripAdvisor CEO: Businesses Must Step Up to Address the Refugee Crisis," 20 June 2019 President Donald Trumps’s attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings ignited yet another week of controversy, amplifying the debate over race in the United States and the conditions of inner cities. — Alana Abramson, Time, "President Trump's Attacks on Baltimore Came as Elijah Cummings Quietly Built Effective Investigations Into the Administration," 29 July 2019 Municipalities in Europe have been on an even more accelerated push to get diesel cars, in particular, out of inner cities. — Los Angeles Times, "Fossil fuel vehicles hitting a dead end in Europe’s city centers," 27 July 2019 One of its early manifestations reflects the LDS ethos of self-reliance: in four inner cities the church is offering free courses on how poor people can manage their money. — Erasmus, The Economist, "Overcoming the Mormon legacy on race," 24 July 2019 How is that going to appeal even to the inner city folks who want a safe environment as well? — Fox News, "Kevin McCarthy leads charge against social media censorship," 30 Aug. 2018 Since black people are typically associated with urban environments — although most do not live in inner cities — their legitimacy as country people isn’t universally accepted. — Nadra Nittle, Vox, "Lil Nas X isn’t an anomaly — black people have always been a part of country music," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inner city.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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