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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawls
Noun
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Timed to the album’s multi-layered kick-off, physical orange doors began appearing in cities around the world — Nashville, London, Las Vegas, among them — each sporting QR codes that connected fans to brief travelogue-style videos evoking those locales.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025 -
Passengers expecting speedy layovers and smooth transitions in some major cities have been jolted by unexpected delays or cancellations.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
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Native nations across the continent, and especially those that shared a frontier with the early United States, are prominently marked, while Cherokee, Shawnee, Delaware, and Haudenosaunee towns have as visible a place as many settler towns in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Quebec.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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The income cities generate also supports rural areas and small towns.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The realization prompted Elizabethtown officials to take action, lobbying to change state laws around recovery homes to create more ways for municipalities to have oversight into the certification and licensing process.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Oct. 2025
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At least 17 states have passed legislation in recent years regulating the machines, and some municipalities have moved to ban them outright.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Urban sprawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawls. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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