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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
The endangered Florida panther faces the dual threats of urban sprawl and increased traffic
In 2024, 36 panther deaths were recorded by state wildlife officials, which was the most since 2016.
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Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Like many cities, the fringes of Sydney’s urban sprawl are made up of working-class families, newly arrived immigrants and those pushed out further and further from downtown by rising housing prices.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Local Vibe: Salt Lake has grown into a sophisticated urban sprawl with a vibrant downtown, thriving art scene, and bustling nightlife with street vendors and musicians.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
These solutions would likewise benefit our nation’s wildlife, which are being squeezed tighter every year by urban sprawl.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
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Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Like many cities, the fringes of Sydney’s urban sprawl are made up of working-class families, newly arrived immigrants and those pushed out further and further from downtown by rising housing prices.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Local Vibe: Salt Lake has grown into a sophisticated urban sprawl with a vibrant downtown, thriving art scene, and bustling nightlife with street vendors and musicians.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
These solutions would likewise benefit our nation’s wildlife, which are being squeezed tighter every year by urban sprawl.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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Four other escapees have also been captured within New Orleans city limits and are now being held at the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That led to a protracted fight with some of the hotels, the county and the state attorney general regarding how much say city leaders should have over vouchers.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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That December saw the launch of an Air Algerie flight between Paris and the oasis town of Djanet.—
Angela Dansby,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Listen to this article WASHINGTON — Israel Vail’s entire life in the small western Guatemalan town of Cajolá is built off the money that his three children send home from the United States.—
Fatima Hussein,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Brigitte Segal, president of Les Studios de Paris, and Peninsula Pictures producer John Bernard will speak on Studios de Paris and its facilities as the largest and newest inner city studio complex.—
William Earl,
Variety,
12 May 2025
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But the Defender is overpriced and an inefficient inner city and suburbia dweller.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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But during a House Rules Committee meeting Monday to advance the measure, Democrats noted that schools, libraries and municipalities would bear the costs of updating textbooks, signs and other materials.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
8 May 2025
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Creditors, including landlords, suppliers, and municipalities involved in opioid litigation, are expected to receive partial payments as assets are liquidated.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 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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There’s the mix of distinctive scenery, from the French Quarter to the swamps to deserts, lakes and cities that can stand in for other more expensive metropolises from New York to Taipei.—
Stuart Miller,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Land subsidence risk to infrastructure in US metropolises.—
Li Cohen
May 8,
CBS News,
8 May 2025
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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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Meanwhile, Athena is in downtown Los Angeles calling in a high-rise building collapse that’s happened before her very eyes.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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Sun Sentinel New condo tower, rising 46 stories in downtown Fort Lauderdale, to be tallest in town The 46-story tower, dubbed Andare Residences, is expected to open in 2027.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
16 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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