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verb

past tense of blight

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The big picture: The solar program is an effort by the city to clean up blighted areas and offset municipal greenhouse gas emissions. Annalise Frank, Axios, 24 July 2024 In recent years, Giles has overseen the controversial development of the blighted downtown Site 17, the demolition of Fiesta Mall and the arrival of high-tech industries to east Mesa, including Virgin Galactic's spaceship assembly plant. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024 Transformational Brownfields, designed to spur redevelopment of blighted or obsolete building sites. Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2024 Listen to this article A new survey of vacant, blighted buildings tallies up scores of structures in neighborhoods throughout the city. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blighted 

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“Blighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blighted. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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