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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
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.
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Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
The population density here averages 2,500 to 13,000 people per square mile — respectable, but nowhere near Japan’s urban sprawl.
—Angelette C. Aviles, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2025
The rapid population growth has brought in urban sprawl, traffic gridlock, environmental pollution and a declining quality of urban life.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Established in 2010 by seven friends from southeastern England, the group has earned international fame and fortune by turning urban sprawl into the ultimate obstacle courses.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
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Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
The population density here averages 2,500 to 13,000 people per square mile — respectable, but nowhere near Japan’s urban sprawl.
—Angelette C. Aviles, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2025
The rapid population growth has brought in urban sprawl, traffic gridlock, environmental pollution and a declining quality of urban life.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Established in 2010 by seven friends from southeastern England, the group has earned international fame and fortune by turning urban sprawl into the ultimate obstacle courses.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
Noun
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Parents are stepping up to push schools and cities to adapt to increasing temperatures.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Sidewalks are to cities as scenic vistas with unbroken landscapes are to country living.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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His childhood at the movies was an escape from a dreary and limited everyday life in a small rural town.—
Suzanne Jill Levine
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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His sister’s wedding would take place in a nearly completely white town.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Noun
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One popular rule to inch closer to this goal has been to further limit smoking in public outdoor areas like restaurant and bar patios, beaches, parks, natural areas or even inner city streets.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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That’s when Danger came into the picture, moving from an inner city church in St. Paul, Minnesota to Hollywood.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Other teams have reached out to their municipalities for the first time in decades in an effort to take this moment to improve their facilities and offerings.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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The city and county of Los Angeles, along with several municipalities in Southern California, are seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over recent immigration raids that prompted several days of protests and the federalization of the National Guard.—
Kelly McCleary,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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For years, most people in this metropolis were unwaveringly kind and patient with international visitors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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As buyers flocked to sunny South Florida shores during and following the pandemic lockdowns, prices in the metropolis soared—and the need for designers swiftly followed.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
7 July 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
Noun
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Then reserve a table at an Italian restaurant downtown for Saturday night, compile a list of sightseeing highlights for the city and email me my itinerary.—
Jay Bhatty,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Parking is free throughout downtown Arlington, but people should be aware of parking lot and street closures in the area.—
Alyssa Cooper,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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