urban sprawl

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Recent Examples of urban sprawl Its mission was to plan and manage regional development and control urban sprawl in the seven county, Twin Cities metropolitan area, which was then one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest. — John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 Unplanned urban sprawl, fueled primarily by mounting housing needs and the growth of informal settlements that house more than 1.1 billion people, amplifies climate risks. — Anacláudia Rossbach, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 Ur was not as resistant to urban sprawl as was previously thought. — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
  1. city
  2. town
  3. inner city
  4. municipality
  5. asphalt jungle
  6. metropolis
  7. garden city
  8. downtown
Noun
  • In 1956, Virginia’s governor closed three cities’ schools rather than integrate.
    — Essence, Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In last year’s primary, leaders in the two cities supported Hatcher’s opponent Heather McCarthy who’s also Hobart city attorney.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of city
Noun
  • Much of the impact on education, human services and town aid has been mitigated with $2.8 billion in emergency federal COVID aid the state received in 2021, funds that could be spent outside budget cap constraints.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Amagansett is a quaint 6.6 square-mile hamlet that is part of the larger town of East Hampton.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of town
Noun
  • The suburbs have gotten more Democratic, while rural areas and some pockets of deep inner cities have moved toward Republicans.
    — Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2024
  • 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
Definition of inner city
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
Definition of municipality
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
Definition of asphalt jungle
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
Definition of metropolis
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
Definition of garden city
Noun
  • Fulcher said the remoteness, while still being within an hour of downtown Boise, is part of the draw.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Definition of downtown

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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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