concrete jungle

noun

: a modern city or urban area filled with large buildings and regarded especially as a harshly competitive, unwelcoming, or dangerous place

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From the concrete jungle of New York City’s Manhattan, which usually involves renting cars or hopping on trains for weekend-long excursions to witness the colorful hues. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024 Leopard print highlighted that concept literally, while textured black looks served as concrete jungle camouflage. Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 The concrete jungle where dreams are made of, as Alicia Keys famously put it. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024 Whether viewed as a romp, a relic, or a route to commiseration, the series about four friends trying to find love (or at least a good lay) in the world’s most competitive concrete jungle has stood the test of time. John Ortved, Vogue, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for concrete jungle 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of concrete jungle was in 1925

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“Concrete jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concrete%20jungle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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