prosperous city

collocation in English

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prosperous
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒs.pər.əs/us
/ˈprɑː.spɚ.əs/
successful, usually by earning a lot ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition ofprosperousandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are all at one in wanting to see aprosperouscity.
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He will see a clean and apparentlyprosperouscity, but behind the appearance are people on notoriously low wages from a very bad employer.
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It is aprosperouscityand it has a good rateable value.
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It was aprosperouscitybecause the entrepreneurs were given the freedom to do what they wanted with the resources that they controlled.
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It was aprosperouscitybut its prosperity has gone for over 2,000 of its workers and their families.
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On the southern side of the city, in what is a relativelyprosperouscity, there are very grave disparities and deprivation.
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Some of the most deprived neighbourhoods lie only a mile or two fromprosperouscitycentres where employers find it hard to fill vacancies.
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Such positive reporting has not done the paper's circulation any harm—perhaps because a moreprosperouscitybuys more newspapers.
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It is still a veryprosperouscity.
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Manchester might then be again theprosperouscitythat it once was under private enterprise.
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Birmingham is aprosperouscity, but how many families could afford to pay that?
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Southampton is aprosperouscitywhich just needs a kick-start.
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It is also the mostprosperouscity.
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London is a largelyprosperouscityin which, officially, about 250,000 people are out of work.
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It was a great andprosperouscity.
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Salisbury seems very similar in appearance to anyprosperouscity.
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Birmingham is a fairlyprosperouscity.
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It expanded greatly over the following centuries, becoming aprosperouscitywith a forum, palaces, baths, temples, theatres, and an amphitheatre.
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Since the 13th century, as armies became primarily composed of mercenaries,prosperouscity-states could field considerable forces, despite their low populations.
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With its strategic location, it became aprosperouscity.
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