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Recent Examples of urban
Chase scenes are easily tracked over rich urban terrain, and shootouts tend to play out in clear, rudimentary compositions.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Porto provides all the advantages of city living, including dazzling urban landscapes, strong infrastructure, and abundant services.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Cottman Avenue in northern Philadelphia is a busy but slightly down-on-its-luck urban thoroughfare that has had a strange couple of years.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Israeli forces also withdrew to Gaza’s border regions, leaving all urban centers and a key corridor splitting the enclave in half.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Porto provides all the advantages of city living, including dazzling urban landscapes, strong infrastructure, and abundant services.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Cottman Avenue in northern Philadelphia is a busy but slightly down-on-its-luck urban thoroughfare that has had a strange couple of years.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Israeli forces also withdrew to Gaza’s border regions, leaving all urban centers and a key corridor splitting the enclave in half.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban
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Winds are likely to be highest just west of South Florida metropolitan areas.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
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Yet the plan’s enormous benefits don’t solely stop with improved service and reliability for metropolitan area commuters.—
Robert G. Wessels,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2025
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President Trump said the White House was monitoring the storms and would assist state and local officials to help in the recovery.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Only local traffic, meaning those who live in the area, is be allowed between Council and Glendale, as well as New Meadows and Pine Ridge.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2025
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Here’s the complete schedule for Tuesday’s regional finals.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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The lessons from Microsoft extend beyond corporate settings to regional economic strategies as well.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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