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urban sprawl

noun

Definition of urban sprawl

as in city

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Recent Examples of urban sprawl Raccoons are indeed everywhere in Toronto, a by-product of urban sprawl, which has seen their ancestral ranges become absorbed in a blink of ecological time into human habitats. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Because of Orlando’s urban sprawl, a train does not help when jobs are located near the parks or outer corporate hubs. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026 Copenhagen is trying to avoid the kind of urban sprawl that consumes valuable resources and land. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 The brighter, almost sitcom-adjacent universe that Jane navigates isn’t the hostile urban sprawl of Araki’s earlier work; Jane plays far too much Zoo Tycoon for that. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl

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Noun

Across industries, big cities, and small towns, working people are struggling.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Officials and activists in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of city

Noun

The conclusion of the state's investigation into the shooting death of Kohen Wiley follows months of mourning and calls for justice, both nationally and in the small town where the shooting took place, about 40 miles south of Memphis.

— SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Southwold is one of Britain’s affluent seaside getaway towns, filled with Range Rovers and sunburned Londoners.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

In the aftermath of Sacco and Vanzetti, many Italian-Americans shifted towards the center and then the right as many white ethnics moved from the inner city into the suburbs.

— Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026
Nearly 90% of low-income inner city residents in one Emory University study have experienced trauma.

— Maayan Aviv, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of inner city

Noun

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
But Honk does understand concrete’s importance in the asphalt jungle.

— Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024

Definition of asphalt jungle

Noun

In it, Tomlin takes viewers through a virtual metropolis complete with high-rise apartments, a speakeasy, an aquarium, and a baseball stadium.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
The game is set in the fictional cyberpunk metropolis of Night City in California, within the dystopian Cyberpunk universe.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of metropolis

Noun

Nearly 12-foot ceilings and walls of glass keep the interiors bright, while a wraparound terrace overlooks downtown Miami, Biscayne Bay, and Key Biscayne.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
Ishika Samant / Getty After multiple days when the location of those games remained in flux, a fix was announced Tuesday that will keep the Dream playing in the larger, downtown venue.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

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