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urban

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as in metropolitan

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Recent Examples of urban Rescue Ranch will be the organization’s first freestanding suburban facility and is intended to broaden its lifesaving impact, especially for large dogs who struggle to find homes in the dense urban environment. — Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Only in dense urban areas would that likely be enough to tip the scales. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 By contrast, homes in gentrifying urban areas go for much less. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 One out of five patients presenting to emergency departments screens positive for food insecurity across multiple urban studies. — Cole Hanson, STAT, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for urban

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These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.

— John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
New York City's air quality continues to be affected by Canadian wildfires as smoke blankets the metropolitan this week.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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Building regional hub The announcement follows Wisconsin’s passage of Act 165 earlier this year, becoming the first standalone state law in the United States to exempt capital expenditures on fusion energy projects from state sales tax.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
According to the department’s website, visitors who bring vehicles into regional parks pay $8 for parking.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

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