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to accustom to the ways of the city
every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country
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Recent Examples of urbanized
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
As with the counterinsurgency strategy, the approach works in urbanized Russia, but doesn’t translate well into the mostly rural Sahel.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
At the same time, Japan has rapidly urbanized.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
The Democratic losses are in heavily urbanized Central Florida, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida, targeting Soto and incumbents Kathy Castor, Jared Moskowitz and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
For me as a city person now—and maybe for readers in industrial cities in the nineteenth century—learning about the time kept by birds promises to draw us into a world of glorious song and vibrant patterns of life that feel remote in urbanized places.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
The weather service said the Kansas City metro and other urbanized areas will be more prone to flooding, while rural areas in drought may see less.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Some municipalities are highly urbanized, with regional rail, established downtowns and urban infrastructure.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Creating corridors of native plants in yards and farms helps wildlife survive in urbanized areas.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
The water quality decline in the latest report compared to the previous year, when conditions were drier, indicates that in highly urbanized regions, such as Southern California, rainfall often means higher levels of bacteria in surface water, Meurice said.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
As with the counterinsurgency strategy, the approach works in urbanized Russia, but doesn’t translate well into the mostly rural Sahel.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
At the same time, Japan has rapidly urbanized.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
The Democratic losses are in heavily urbanized Central Florida, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida, targeting Soto and incumbents Kathy Castor, Jared Moskowitz and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
For me as a city person now—and maybe for readers in industrial cities in the nineteenth century—learning about the time kept by birds promises to draw us into a world of glorious song and vibrant patterns of life that feel remote in urbanized places.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
The weather service said the Kansas City metro and other urbanized areas will be more prone to flooding, while rural areas in drought may see less.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Some municipalities are highly urbanized, with regional rail, established downtowns and urban infrastructure.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Creating corridors of native plants in yards and farms helps wildlife survive in urbanized areas.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanized
urban
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Accommodations range from deluxe, superior, and premier to urban, and two penthouses, the latter of which are a statement stay that seem better suited for entertaining than sleeping.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Nilsson’s Evening Street Scene, 1964, a bustling urban tableau, along with Two Ladies and Starry Stage Ladies, both 1967, whose focal points are women mid-strut, recall certain prints from George Grosz’s 1922–23 Ecce Homo portfolio, not in tone but in their teeming rakishness.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Urbanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanized. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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