independent city
noun
: a city in the state of Virginia having a status equivalent to that of a county
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But a number of independent city restaurants that used to do brisk noontime business are remaining closed for lunch, even as demand for dinner reservations returns. 
New York Times, 11 July 2022 This suggests that instead of a big, centrally organized state like the Inca in Peru, the Casarabe culture may have been a group of independent city-states that happened to share a culture and an architectural style. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022 Crafting the $24 million budget for the independent city has been particularly rocky this year, creating tensions throughout an apparent breakdown in miscommunication that has played out along partisan lines. Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2021 But long criticized for shielding its own, the Vatican is suddenly conducting trials at a frequency without precedent in the century since its creation as an independent city-state. Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021 Thanks to its classification as an independent city, Alexandria’s boost from the plan was unusually high compared with most other municipalities of a similar size. Washington Post, 7 June 2021 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez has pitched an independent city crime prevention office staffed with criminologists. Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021 CNN)In Atlanta's well-to-do community of Buckhead, the debate over becoming an independent city has been brewing off and on for decades. Christina Maxouris, CNN, 7 June 2021 When Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old from the West Side, was fatally shot by a police officer in March, an independent city agency that investigates shootings initially resisted the release of the video, citing his age. New York Times, 2 May 2021 See More
New York Times, 11 July 2022 This suggests that instead of a big, centrally organized state like the Inca in Peru, the Casarabe culture may have been a group of independent city-states that happened to share a culture and an architectural style. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022 Crafting the $24 million budget for the independent city has been particularly rocky this year, creating tensions throughout an apparent breakdown in miscommunication that has played out along partisan lines. Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2021 But long criticized for shielding its own, the Vatican is suddenly conducting trials at a frequency without precedent in the century since its creation as an independent city-state. Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021 Thanks to its classification as an independent city, Alexandria’s boost from the plan was unusually high compared with most other municipalities of a similar size. Washington Post, 7 June 2021 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez has pitched an independent city crime prevention office staffed with criminologists. Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021 CNN)In Atlanta's well-to-do community of Buckhead, the debate over becoming an independent city has been brewing off and on for decades. Christina Maxouris, CNN, 7 June 2021 When Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old from the West Side, was fatally shot by a police officer in March, an independent city agency that investigates shootings initially resisted the release of the video, citing his age. New York Times, 2 May 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above