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a usually poor town or a part of a town where the people live in shanties
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Recent Examples of shantytown
While surveying the demolished shantytowns, the top French official in Mayotte at first announced that hundreds, if not thousands, had likely perished.
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Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
For the kingdom, the bombings and the individuals that perpetrated them—native Moroccans from the city’s hardscrabble shantytowns—were a wake-up call.
—Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
For the kingdom, the bombings and the individuals that perpetrated them—native Moroccans from the city’s hardscrabble shantytowns—were a wake-up call.
—Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shantytown
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This administration is bringing back the law of the jungle to international trade, according to trade expert Kristen Hopewell, and time is running out to salvage the remains of a post-war system of commerce that promoted stability and prosperity across the world.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 2025
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As the jungle closes in, the doctors find themselves in a brutal struggle for survival.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Next up for Globo is School Without Walls, a film about a public school in one of Brazil’s biggest favelas directed by Cao Hamburger, that is a co-production of Brazil’s Gullane, Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes and France’s Playtime Group that is also backed by Telecine.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The film is both gritty and realistic, like the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, while also being a sweet story with surreal touches.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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Homeless advocates and experts say California’s unprecedented investments in homelessness programs likely prevented a larger spike, though that’s done little to assuage boiling public frustration over encampments statewide.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Leftist lawmakers want to make homeless encampments a nationwide crisis.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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“Shantytown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shantytown. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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