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Recent Examples of blighted
Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Redevelopment is coming for a former industrial site in the Cole neighborhood of Denver after the City Council this week approved a tax incentive for the blighted area.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
The property also sits in a blighted area of downtown needing revitalization.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Government blight busting The city of Detroit has demolished tens of thousands of blighted houses over the past 13 or so years under Mayor Mike Duggan and then-mayor Dave Bing.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Redevelopment is coming for a former industrial site in the Cole neighborhood of Denver after the City Council this week approved a tax incentive for the blighted area.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
The property also sits in a blighted area of downtown needing revitalization.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blighted
Adjective
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If grown together, neither of these plants may thrive, which may result in stunted growth.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even when expansion approvals are greenlit by people in power — which has been difficult enough for Waymo — they can be rescinded when support in hyperlocal jurisdictions appears stunted.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For all species, dead or damaged branches can be removed at any time.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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Immediately turn off the circuit breaker for the affected area and look for flickering lights, burn marks or damaged outlets.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The girl in that story had her life ruined two decades ago.—
Amy Wallace,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Trump suggested that Democrats ruined the economy and drove up costs for Americans.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But from November to April, most of those bugs are dormant.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pruning these old shoots during the dormant season would remove the flower buds, leaving us with flowerless plants for the year.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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However, something went wrong during the process and a lot of my bagels ended up misshapen and partially flat and puffed at the same time.—
Emily Elias,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Feb. 2026
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The new map was like a jigsaw puzzle, with one district resembling a misshapen salamander.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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State police said investigators believed that the driver was impaired based on observation before her transport.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Garcia pleaded guilty in December 2024 to driving while impaired and was sentenced to a conditional discharge and around $1,500 in fines and restitution.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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In February 2025, NASA hired an independent team to determine why the mission failed, examining everything from broken hardware to leadership mistakes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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When a woman is found murdered, her body mutilated in a way that loosely connects the crime to the true story of the Black Dahlia, an investigation begins that intertwines the two.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026
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From its gridded canopy, in April 1945, the corpses of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were hung upside down and then mutilated by a frenzied crowd.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Blighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blighted. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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