Examples of urbanize in a Sentence

every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country

Recent Examples on the Web Just like any other civilization that chose to urbanize, the Romans were up against a problem: What to do with all this waste? — Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021 As the area continues to grow and urbanize, the amount of impervious surfaces like streets and parking lots increases, Simonsen said. — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 2021 Some people didn’t want to urbanize the city, preferring that money be spent on roadways. — Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020 But the tanker industry might also be an early illustration of how parts of the private sector stand to profit from a warming and fast-urbanizing world. — Peter Schwartzstein, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2020 However, although Vietnam is urbanizing, almost two-thirds of its population still live in rural areas. — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 6 Apr. 2020 While Manhattan was urbanizing, Queens, a patchwork of commercial nurseries, was more pastoral. — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020 At the same time, the world population is growing and urbanizing rapidly. — Alexis Benveniste, CNN, 28 Feb. 2020 Now, the rapidly urbanizing county is beginning a discussion that could result in a change to that agreement. — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2019 See More

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