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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
In Los Angeles, urban sprawl has expanded development into fire-prone areas, known as the wildland-urban interface.
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Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
The property is zoned for agricultural use and is on Prop A lands, meant to conserve agricultural lands and prevent urban sprawl.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Its mission was to plan and manage regional development and control urban sprawl in the seven county, Twin Cities metropolitan area, which was then one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Unplanned urban sprawl, fueled primarily by mounting housing needs and the growth of informal settlements that house more than 1.1 billion people, amplifies climate risks.
—Anacláudia Rossbach, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
The property is zoned for agricultural use and is on Prop A lands, meant to conserve agricultural lands and prevent urban sprawl.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Its mission was to plan and manage regional development and control urban sprawl in the seven county, Twin Cities metropolitan area, which was then one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Unplanned urban sprawl, fueled primarily by mounting housing needs and the growth of informal settlements that house more than 1.1 billion people, amplifies climate risks.
—Anacláudia Rossbach, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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There’s an eye-catching sculptural staircase, and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass provide sweeping vistas of the mountains, city lights, and ocean beyond.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
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Mount Dora urban forester Mark Miller and city staff will also lead workshops on native species, proper pruning techniques, and best planting practices.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The teen’s happy image, usually in a red polo shirt and carrying a backpack, is as popular in souvenir shops across town as Francis in his simple brown habit.—
Time,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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After years of consideration, the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees announced Thursday that the Colorado town will host its first Sundance in January 2027.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2025
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The suburbs have gotten more Democratic, while rural areas and some pockets of deep inner cities have moved toward Republicans.—
Tribune News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2024
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The lack of Black male teachers is a big missing piece to the puzzle of improving the inner city educational system.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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So, in Utah, as municipalities now have to figure out how to get fluoride out of the water supply, this new law is just as much an economic issue as a health issue.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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If the municipalities did not comply in the future, Poliakoff feels as though developers will have an easier time prevailing in court with any other lawsuits.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
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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
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An image of the Tokyo metropolis appeared on the screen and ATARASHII GAKKO!—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
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The southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen is taking steps toward updating its own pro-natal incentive, including by expanding access to child care services.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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LaFrance said the initiative aimed to spotlight downtown and Old Sacramento businesses in a way that felt creative and engaging for the community.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Then Jurado thumped incumbent Kevin de León to win a downtown and Eastside seat and become the first Filipino American on the City Council.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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