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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
His top priority is to end urban sprawl and support denser developments in urban areas.
Chapin, who owns a public relations firm, is an Orlando Utilities Commission board member.
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Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Oregon adopted a unique set of land use laws in the late 1960s and 1970s that helped curb urban sprawl.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
These early cooperatives, however, contributed to urban sprawl, which has a number of drawbacks.
—Daniela Sanjinés, The Conversation, 22 July 2025
The 5,000-square-foot minimum lot requirement leads to inefficient use of space, urban sprawl, long commutes and high prices.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Oregon adopted a unique set of land use laws in the late 1960s and 1970s that helped curb urban sprawl.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
These early cooperatives, however, contributed to urban sprawl, which has a number of drawbacks.
—Daniela Sanjinés, The Conversation, 22 July 2025
The 5,000-square-foot minimum lot requirement leads to inefficient use of space, urban sprawl, long commutes and high prices.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
Noun
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In Wisconsin, small town officials have unilaterally removed drop boxes or rejected voting machines, ignoring state guidance.—
Hannah Fried,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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That day, students across Jefferson County boarded yellow school buses, with Black students headed to formerly White suburban schools, while White students were bused to formerly Black inner city schools.—
Bailey Loosemore,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Few municipalities from Key West to Tallahassee better reflect that tug-of-war than Hollywood.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Which Wisconsin municipality saw the biggest population growth since 2020?—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
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But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
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In 20 years, the idea of these dark celestial bodies had spread from Thornhill Rectory to the Royal Society’s assembly rooms in London, then to the global metropolis of Paris, and finally to Berlin.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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So, any Gotham within a contemporary film in the Batman series that's going to be authentic has to be reflective of a modern American metropolis.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Manhattan merged with Brooklyn a dozen years before, and here is Greater New York, spreading into new suburbs, boroughs, and garden cities.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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An apartment building in downtown Berkeley has been bought by an East Bay real estate investment firm.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Along with the downtown Las Vegas block party, the stream will find the group beaming around the planet from locations around Sin City.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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