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.
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Their proposal would violate the Yolo County General Plan's agricultural policies by paving over the attorney's clients' prime farmland, which currently receives agricultural tax breaks.
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Rincon will pave over 1,200 feet of the road and add curbs, gutters and other improvements, Frankel said, and there will be no changes to the adjacent regional park.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Ranchers contend that public lands grazing has ecological benefits, such as preventing nearby private lands from being sold off and paved over.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
One of the first things Zohran Mamdani did in his inaugural week as mayor was pave over the Big Bump at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2026
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Rincon will pave over 1,200 feet of the road and add curbs, gutters and other improvements, Frankel said, and there will be no changes to the adjacent regional park.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Ranchers contend that public lands grazing has ecological benefits, such as preventing nearby private lands from being sold off and paved over.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
One of the first things Zohran Mamdani did in his inaugural week as mayor was pave over the Big Bump at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Pave over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pave%20over. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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