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Recent Examples of favela
Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
At the same time, the company noticed that the growth curve in e-commerce showed no signs of slowing—especially in largely untapped markets such as favelas, which generate over 119 billion reais ($20 billion) in economic activity every year, according to data from Instituto Locomotiva.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
At the same time, the company noticed that the growth curve in e-commerce showed no signs of slowing—especially in largely untapped markets such as favelas, which generate over 119 billion reais ($20 billion) in economic activity every year, according to data from Instituto Locomotiva.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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Off-camera, the character has a drug problem, which isn’t helped by fighting for his life in the Southeast Asian jungle.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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When people think of popular outdoor destinations in Asia, places like Thailand's beaches and jungles, Japan's Kumano Kodo, or Bhutan's rugged mountains may come to mind.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In 2011, federal agents raided the shantytown and made dozens of arrests.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Music from the margins Bachata was born in the Dominican countryside and later developed in the shantytowns of Santo Domingo, the capital.—
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
Noun
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As part of her apparent outreach, Bowser removed the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House and multiple homeless encampments in D.C., including one near the State Department.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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Hogsett on homelessness Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration just recently announced a policy shift in its response to homeless encampments: make sure everyone has access to housing before closing one.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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