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Recent Examples of undeveloped
But a vast portion of the site remains undeveloped.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
Barefoot Beach Nestled on a 342-acre nature preserve in Naples, Florida, Barefoot Beach is one of the last undeveloped beaches on Florida's Southwest coast.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
What Hilton is right about California’s population is highly concentrated, while much of the state’s land remains rural or undeveloped.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The commercial corridor is made up of 25 parcels, 19 different owners and multiple undeveloped plots of land.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
Barefoot Beach Nestled on a 342-acre nature preserve in Naples, Florida, Barefoot Beach is one of the last undeveloped beaches on Florida's Southwest coast.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
What Hilton is right about California’s population is highly concentrated, while much of the state’s land remains rural or undeveloped.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The commercial corridor is made up of 25 parcels, 19 different owners and multiple undeveloped plots of land.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
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In an underdeveloped twist, Clark persuades his skeptical assistant, Kat (Lukita Maxwell), and her more gullible boyfriend, Bobby (Finn Bennett), to enter the Backrooms with him, armed with Bobby’s camcorder.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral and Soundgarden’s Superunknown were released on the same day in March 1994, and both blew my underdeveloped 12-year-old mind as two of the most dense, ambitious, and rewarding alternative rock albums of the era.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
29 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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Michal Strahilevitz, a professor of marketing at Saint Mary's College of California who studies business ethics, thinks the whole compensation framework is backward.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Sustained excellence rests on timely, decision‑relevant data that enables early action, not backward reporting, and clear ownership from strategy through execution, ensuring accountability sits with impact.—
Daniah Robertson,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Here, against the intimate interiority of this elegant narrative, untamed urges clash with Confucian ideals of filial piety and Buddhist undertones of the suffering caused by worldly attachments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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The untamed beauty of nature takes center stage in the spring 2027 campaign images captured by Ami Vitale, the National Geographic explorer at large, photographer and filmmaker.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Assess your lawn and flowerbeds and pull weeds, prune any overgrown bushes and mow the lawn.—
Angie Hicks,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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Assigning LRDs a smaller size sidesteps the problem of nigh inexplicably overgrown black holes but only by branding them as an unprecedented, newfound celestial species—the black hole star.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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To leave a floppy disk untended for twenty years does not permit one to pick it up later and reminisce, the way a letter or a photograph does.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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But there’s a difference between a meadow-style front lawn and one that’s simply overgrown and left untended.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
17 May 2026
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Shirilla was a frequent, spontaneous poster, and some of her content could be interpreted in poor taste, particularly in the aftermath of the fateful tragedy.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Today could bring unexpected travel plans, a spontaneous invitation or a conversation that completely changes your perspective on something.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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From branches above her is released a sudden shower of ash keys, which flutter downwards, whirring in circles, until their wild flight is put to a stop by meeting the water’s surface, where they are apprehended and whisked away downstream.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Keeping in that spirit, small inn-like touches, including breakfast and common spaces (with a pool deck to come in 2025), make this a welcome new gathering place for the area sandwiched between the center of town’s climbing roses and some of the island’s most popular, wild beaches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Undeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeveloped. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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