ghettos

variants also ghettoes
Definition of ghettosnext
plural of ghetto

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghettos
Noun
  • By midcentury, Italian American enclaves in major cities were dotted with red sauce joints.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Srinivasan has also published a book arguing that such privatized, business-friendly enclaves will eventually surpass nation-states.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The outbreak is the seventh documented in India and the third in West Bengal, where outbreaks in 2001 and 2007 were in districts bordering Bangladesh, which reports outbreaks almost annually, the WHO said.
    Reuters, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Before Area 1, he was assigned to Area 4, which covers the Ogden, Harrison and Austin districts, three of CPD’s most violent.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Priests with brown cloaks and long hoods walked through it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Hanna Liden’s photographs reimagined the northern Romantic landscape tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Vilhelm Hammershøi as populated by practitioners of the suburban occult, with figures in skull masks or Grim Reaper hoods dwarfed by moody vistas.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The plan’s rolls increased dramatically over the last several years as its member insurers pulled out of fire-prone neighborhoods, leaving them little choice but to buy the plan’s expensive but limited policies.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Project Safe Neighborhoods provides the FBI and its partners with a platform to collaborate and develop a comprehensive approach to target significant violent crime in neighborhoods all across the nation, said Dallas FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jeremy Wright said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The field guides dedicate entire sections to cultural production, media engagement and rapid narrative dissemination following high-profile incidents.
    Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Why do some colored sections feel more balanced than others?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The recently restored 2,500-square-foot residence has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, including separate guest quarters with a kitchenette.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In recent quarters, China accounted for approximately 35% of AMAT’s revenue, largely driven by mature-node capacity expansion.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Ghettos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghettos. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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