How to Use urbanism in a Sentence

urbanism

noun
  • Then, treat the vacant shell as a petri dish where new forms of high-rise urbanism can be hatched.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Rising urbanism brings city dwellers craving food brought to their doors.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2017
  • And so in essence, our idea is to try to offer urbanism at a more affordable price point.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Cook calls it the return of a new urbanism, with more of a live-work-and-play atmosphere.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
  • But the urbanism of the Villages turns out to be only so-so in practice.
    — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Gutierrez and the rest of the team had to turn abstract concepts of urbanism into a real city.
    — Douglas McGray, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2007
  • Known for its eclectic, edgy, and artistic style, Berlin embraces urbanism in the look of its homes.
    — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Her achievement passes not only through urbanism and protest, but through acrylic, ink, spray guns, tracing paper.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The project's website talks about the theory of new urbanism as an inspiration for the city plan.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Cloud Gardens skirts the threshold of utopian and dystopian urbanism.
    — Lewis Gordon, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Neom is hardly the first project to propose buoyant urbanism as a response to climate-change scenarios.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • To be cool today is to use car-sharing, attend a public lecture about urbanism or make your own way around India.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But on the level of urbanism, the building remains standoffish.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • Here, in the very same county where Atlanta bustles 29 miles south, small town life is an escape from urbanism.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
  • So far, the pandemic’s impact on urbanism has shown up in small changes that can be implemented faster than a new building or zoning plan.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 June 2020
  • Portland, Oregon, is a city celebrated for its urbanism and charm.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 26 June 2018
  • By looking at examples of urbanism from the past, researchers can start to answer some of these questions for the future of today’s cities.
    — Alison Kyra Carter, The Conversation, 7 May 2021
  • All of Colorado is changing, but Denver is entering a new phase of urbanism compared to the rest of the state.
    — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 25 July 2019
  • Big and bold regional moves toward walkable urbanism and complete streets are the only way to make a difference.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • So the book reflects the ways a bunch of academic disciplines refract the idea of urbanism, of how to make a city that supports everyone who lives there.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Sharpe is running a campaign focused on housing, transit and urbanism, while Brooks comes from an activist background.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Platform urbanism describes how apps and websites are changing the way people in cities live, work, and interact with one another.
    — Stephanie Glenk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The pandemic and climate change put us solidly in a new era of American urbanism, one that demands big plans to solve big problems.
    — Benjamin Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This type of inclusive urban design proves that urbanism can be a powerful driver of positive change.
    — Yermys Pena, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The call for proposals will support artistic tactical urbanism improvements in the city.
    — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • With the work-from-home phenomenon here to stay, this European way of life is the future of urbanism in America.
    — Remy Raisner, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • Street life and walkable urbanism rank much higher in our values today than in the '70s when the RenCen was built.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
  • What sets the Avery apart is the extent to which its creators try to fill a blank slate with nuanced urbanism — modern in looks but with an old-school desire to make passersby feel at home.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 18 July 2019
  • Astana's first Expo opens its doors next June with a theme of zero-energy design and sustainable urbanism.
    — Jamie Robinson, CNN, 30 June 2017
  • Tactical urbanism builds on the street art concept essentially creating a mural on the street to serve as a functional crossing.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021

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