asphalt jungle

noun

: a big city or a specified part of a big city

Examples of asphalt jungle in a Sentence

a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle
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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 But Honk does understand concrete’s importance in the asphalt jungle. Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024 Explore our new section Ramirez was entranced by this fleeting glimpse of adaptation by tropical species in one of the world’s greatest asphalt jungles. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of asphalt jungle was in 1920

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“Asphalt jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asphalt%20jungle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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