pave over
phrasal verb
paved over; paving over; paves over
disapproving
: to cover (an area) with roads, parking lots, buildings, etc.
All this beautiful farmland will be paved over.
Examples of pave over in a Sentence
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More recently, millions of acres have been paved over to build cities, some of them rising up virtually overnight.
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Richard Schiffman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Gone Wild: Most defunct golf courses get paved over.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Cooper died in 1909 and was buried in Laurel Cemetery — a graveyard in Baltimore for African Americans — which, in the 1950s, was paved over.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
The building boom continues to pave over raw earth that once soaked up the rainfall, another key driver of urban flooding.
—John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
And any vestiges of the Lenape were long paved over.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The business of growing, processing, and transporting these resource-intense products paves over more wildlife habitats and increases the likelihood of a pathogen spreading from animals to humans.
—Sonia Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2020
And sprawling human development has already paved over many habitats that used to reliably burst into spectacular shades of yellow, purple and blazing orange.
—Alice Li, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
Richard Schiffman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Gone Wild: Most defunct golf courses get paved over.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Cooper died in 1909 and was buried in Laurel Cemetery — a graveyard in Baltimore for African Americans — which, in the 1950s, was paved over.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
The building boom continues to pave over raw earth that once soaked up the rainfall, another key driver of urban flooding.
—John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
And any vestiges of the Lenape were long paved over.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The business of growing, processing, and transporting these resource-intense products paves over more wildlife habitats and increases the likelihood of a pathogen spreading from animals to humans.
—Sonia Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2020
And sprawling human development has already paved over many habitats that used to reliably burst into spectacular shades of yellow, purple and blazing orange.
—Alice Li, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
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“Pave over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pave%20over. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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