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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
The population was less than 2,400, and where urban sprawl covers much of the land today, once were great orchards of apples and peaches.
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Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The roots of the problem–and solutions Continued urban sprawl and population growth only increases the demand for freshwater.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Today’s luxury buyers expect not just world-beating range and tech, however, but also an increasing number of customization options—so Cadillac recently invited me to join select media for a drive day and configuration session amid the urban sprawl and mountain canyons of Los Angeles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.
—Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
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Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The roots of the problem–and solutions Continued urban sprawl and population growth only increases the demand for freshwater.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Today’s luxury buyers expect not just world-beating range and tech, however, but also an increasing number of customization options—so Cadillac recently invited me to join select media for a drive day and configuration session amid the urban sprawl and mountain canyons of Los Angeles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.
—Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban sprawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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According to Retirement Living, here are the 10 best cities to retire in California: 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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An Israeli source told CNN on Friday morning that Witkoff had arrived at the aid site in the southern city of Rafah that is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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This particular location is a change from the original book, which is set in a small, fictional town in Texas.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Before the Senate left town, Warren vowed to continue fighting for the federal workforce.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Many scouts were on hand at the Double Duty Classic, an annual event designed to promote baseball in inner cities and honor the history of Negro League baseball.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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The law expands opportunity zones and extends tax benefits for investing in inner cities and economically depressed rural areas.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
9 July 2025
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In her previous role as sr. public affairs manager at Arizona Public Service in Yuma, Ariz., Twomey worked closely with various nonprofits, municipalities, and community agencies to form partnerships for success.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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More than 100 municipalities across the state—including Morton Grove, Glencoe, and Des Plaines—have already voted to continue the tax, said Gillian Cookerly-Dietrich, management analyst for the village.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 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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The city itself is a desert metropolis where old and new fuse to create something distinctly of our time.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Felines are everywhere, in bitterly cold and steamy hot locales, in desert and tropical climates, in giant metropolises and seaside villages.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 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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Detroit's port that year had a festival that brought over a million people to the RiverWalk area in downtown Detroit, with 20 different ships from various countries, according to Director of Events and Communications for the Tall Ships Challenge Erin Short.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The inaugural Indianapolis Pizza Festival will take place right in the heart of downtown on Monument Circle, and feature some friendly, delicious competition with $5,000 on the line.—
Samanta Habashy,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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