Thesaurus results for URBAN SPRAWL

urban sprawl

noun

Definition of urban sprawl

as in city

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Recent Examples of urban sprawl Raccoons are indeed everywhere in Toronto, a by-product of urban sprawl, which has seen their ancestral ranges become absorbed in a blink of ecological time into human habitats. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Because of Orlando’s urban sprawl, a train does not help when jobs are located near the parks or outer corporate hubs. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026 Copenhagen is trying to avoid the kind of urban sprawl that consumes valuable resources and land. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 The brighter, almost sitcom-adjacent universe that Jane navigates isn’t the hostile urban sprawl of Araki’s earlier work; Jane plays far too much Zoo Tycoon for that. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl

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Noun

Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Over the next two years, Sguros allegedly personally paid property taxes and a water utility account while both remained in West’s name and used West’s identity on a city building permit application, the affidavit said.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of city

Noun

On March 21, 1937, a crowd of hundreds gathered in the southern Puerto Rican town of Ponce on Palm Sunday afternoon, preparing to march.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Long marches across the country also enabled the students to voice their cause in smaller towns and villages, where people were unaware of the protestors’ aims because of the state’s stranglehold on the media.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

The 6,000-square-foot Sanctuary store introduced the brand’s wellness program locally, which included a candlelit yoga experience at Tempodrom, a popular inner city concert venue.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
Car & Rideshare Services Within the inner city, skip the hassle and call a car; rideshare services like Uber and DiDi are everywhere.

— Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of inner city

Noun

The exact amount Florida homeowners would save varies across municipalities because of differing local tax rates.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Pennsylvania law requires operators to notify municipalities at least 30 days before beginning delivery robot operations.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of municipality

Noun

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
But Honk does understand concrete’s importance in the asphalt jungle.

— Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024

Definition of asphalt jungle

Noun

The cutting-edge building details the city’s evolution from a humble fishing village to a bustling metropolis with over 18 million residents.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Imagine a perfect replica of a sprawling metropolis, a Tokyo or a São Paulo, engraved at atomic dimensions on a tile the size of a fingernail.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of metropolis

Noun

Shortly after the vote, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, Bass’ rival for mayor, appeared with city Controller Kenneth Mejia in front of the downtown DWP building to reiterate her own call for an audit — one conducted by the controller’s office.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Most visitors will take a short Uber ride from here to the heart of East Nashville or downtown for a night out.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of downtown

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