BOROUGH in a Sentence

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For BOROUGH, below is one of 5 sentences:
Its general tenor is to take more power away from the local boroughs and concentrate them in the hands of the Mayor.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOROUGH
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borough
 n.  incorporated town that is not a city; incorporated town or village; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other
Classic Sentence:
1  Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Example Sentence:
1  That is a borough of northeast-central Pennsylvania with residential population of 15,681.
2  At the meeting they presented a detailed analysis of twelve schools in a London borough.
3  Its general tenor is to take more power away from the local boroughs and concentrate them in the hands of the Mayor.
4  The three main county boroughs were to be retained and five counties were to replace the existing thirteen.