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Recent Examples of urban
Shumard oaks are fast growing and incredibly adaptable, tolerating drought, wind, and urban conditions including pollution.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Its next project may come in someplace a little more urban.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Big urban states and small rural states see dramatic improvement
But for now, drug deaths continue to ease, with many states seeing 30-40% improvements in the last year alone.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 30 Aug. 2025
Moreover, Southern California is a particularly attractive location due to entitlement challenges, land scarcity, proximity to ports and its dense urban population, all of which have fueled demand and fast rent growth.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Its next project may come in someplace a little more urban.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Big urban states and small rural states see dramatic improvement
But for now, drug deaths continue to ease, with many states seeing 30-40% improvements in the last year alone.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 30 Aug. 2025
Moreover, Southern California is a particularly attractive location due to entitlement challenges, land scarcity, proximity to ports and its dense urban population, all of which have fueled demand and fast rent growth.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban
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The second issue is playing in the metropolitan New York/New Jersey area.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Of the 12 metropolitan areas where homes are selling fastest, six are in the Midwest, three in the Northeast and three in the South.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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At least 900 tourists were stranded near the Inca citadel on Tuesday after the train service PeruRail was suspended on Monday because the route was blocked amid protests between local residents and authorities, Reuters reported.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, demand from Latin America, for example, has grown so much that Yiwu officials have supported Spanish classes for local merchants.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Runnymede in Surrey was another central regional hub, with cattle brought from a distance.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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But this year, their sense of safety was shattered when two regional powers conducted a direct strike on a Gulf country for the first time.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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