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Recent Examples of undeveloped
Balochistan is home to significant deposits of copper, gold, natural gas and coal, including at the Reko Diq mine, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold reserves.
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Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
The larger of the two fires has spread to about 5,600 acres (2,300 hectares) with 30% containment in the undeveloped area southwest of Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Luxury lodges and guest experiences on his reserves helped keep enormous swaths of land intact and undeveloped.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Summer Villas project, proposed to be located on an undeveloped parcel of land southeast of the Sheldon Road and Waterman Road intersection, seeks to change the city’s general plan to remove the site from the rural area and allow the construction of higher-density housing.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026
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Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
The larger of the two fires has spread to about 5,600 acres (2,300 hectares) with 30% containment in the undeveloped area southwest of Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Luxury lodges and guest experiences on his reserves helped keep enormous swaths of land intact and undeveloped.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Summer Villas project, proposed to be located on an undeveloped parcel of land southeast of the Sheldon Road and Waterman Road intersection, seeks to change the city’s general plan to remove the site from the rural area and allow the construction of higher-density housing.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
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Taira showed excellent heart and cardio, but ultimately his poor striking defense and underdeveloped offensive striking were too much for the challenger to overcome.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Sure, the fight itself is visually choppy and barely supported by the underdeveloped beats that get us there.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
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From blazing stars and diminutive buttercups to uncultivated roses and sunflowers, the Midwest is blessed with many gorgeous native wildflowers.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Below it, there’s a paddle to skip forward or backward through tracks.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Washington’s priorities are backward.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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There’s no single purpose to any event that gathers this many kinds of kinds in one untamed place.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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Assateague Island National Seashore Maryland Wind, waves, and wild horses—there's a lot for families to love at Assateague Island National Seashore, a long stretch of beach where untamed horses roam free.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Signs of wildfire damage in Tissot's overgrown backyard.—
Aarne Heikkila,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Researchers, for example, have pointed out that overgrown lawns may not be helpful to pollinators.—
Anne Readel,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
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Buffers include everything from berms and lines of trees to prevent pesticide drift to 100-foot areas of untended land.—
Thomas Heaton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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November 22 – December 21 A spontaneous move at home could create more freedom than expected today.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 A spontaneous move at home could create more freedom than expected today.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
12 May 2026
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But Fredrik Berselius’s cooking is too weird and wild to fit the bounds of one creed.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Yet, having said all of that, the bottom line is the Rays went into the weekend with a 7½-game lead in the AL wild-card race and ended the weekend in first place in the AL East.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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“Undeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeveloped. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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