as in city
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of urban sprawl
In San Diego on Thursday, agents focused on an area of deceptively treacherous mountain trails with expansive views of Tijuana, Mexico, its urban sprawl and industrial warehouses in San Diego.
—
Eugene Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Many celebrities live in the area, mixing with longtime-resident hippies and people who have fled the urban sprawl of downtown Los Angeles.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Carved into the edge of Pittsburgh’s urban sprawl—just fifteen minutes from downtown—this free outdoor bouldering gym was designed with an ambitious vision: to bring outdoor adventure to all.
—Ryleigh Norgrove, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
That’s the way much of California was built, long before politicians like state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, successfully campaigned to make urban sprawl political anathema.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Eugene Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Many celebrities live in the area, mixing with longtime-resident hippies and people who have fled the urban sprawl of downtown Los Angeles.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Carved into the edge of Pittsburgh’s urban sprawl—just fifteen minutes from downtown—this free outdoor bouldering gym was designed with an ambitious vision: to bring outdoor adventure to all.
—Ryleigh Norgrove, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
That’s the way much of California was built, long before politicians like state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, successfully campaigned to make urban sprawl political anathema.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
Noun
-
The band will play a total of 21 cities, including first-ever performances in Nashville, St. Louis, Baltimore, Montreal and Detroit, as well as multiple shows in Chicago, Dallas, Phoneix, San Jose and Miami.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
-
Nor does the league want to give up a potential expansion city like Nashville or Portland, Ore., or Salt Lake City.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Since Jimmy Butler moped his way out of town, the talent hasn’t been there.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
-
The outbreak of tornadoes raked through towns under the cover of darkness — the most dangerous and deadly time for a tornado outbreak.—
Eric Zerkel,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
The lack of Black male teachers is a big missing piece to the puzzle of improving the inner city educational system.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
-
Helping inner cities Since the 1930s, mortgage lenders had denied predominantly Black city neighborhoods access to financing.—
Stephen Mihm,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
According to the state’s distressed municipalities map, several rural towns in Connecticut with populations of less than 20,000 people are listed as being environmental justice communities.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2025
-
Among their concerns, the site will host a compressed natural gas fueling facility for at least 30 trash trucks, and FCC Environmental has made no secret of its interest in expanding operations to other municipalities, meaning more trucks could follow.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
-
But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
Noun
-
As mayor of Davao City, a metropolis of 1.5 million people on the southern island of Mindanao, Duterte built a national reputation over two decades for his no-nonsense approach to crime.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
-
In previous research Blaser and his colleagues sampled rural and urban homes in South American locations ranging from a small village in the remote Amazon to the bustling metropolis of Manaus, Brazil.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
-
Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
Noun
-
The restaurant is a sister property to the group’s Margot Natural Wine Bar in downtown Miami, which is known for its selection of natural wines and low-alcohol drinks.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
-
Traveling nonstop from Waukegan to Chicago’s Loop or downtown Milwaukee for as little as $10 while reclining in a leather seat on a luxury bus is about to become a reality this summer.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share