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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
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
The original decision not to impose fees in the urbanized communities has created a fractured city.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Over time, the religious event became much more urbanized, and in modern times now uses projectors, LEDs, and even drones to light up the night sky.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2025
By 2025, Landsat 9 shows nearly double the urbanized land, with over 650 square kilometers of vegetation replaced by urban development.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Where Democrats have previously held onto two strongholds in the state's urbanized Indianapolis and northwest-Indiana regions, their chances of success would plummet in this new map, according to an analysis by PlanScore, a nonprofit that analyzes political maps.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
For the most part, these blueprints have been geared at spurring growth and unity as the nation transformed from a rural, agrarian economy to an urbanized, developed powerhouse.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
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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
The original decision not to impose fees in the urbanized communities has created a fractured city.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
At the beginning of the Iron Age, Phoenicians set out westwards, searching for valuable natural resources to be brought back and traded in the urbanized world of the eastern Mediterranean.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Over time, the religious event became much more urbanized, and in modern times now uses projectors, LEDs, and even drones to light up the night sky.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2025
By 2025, Landsat 9 shows nearly double the urbanized land, with over 650 square kilometers of vegetation replaced by urban development.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Where Democrats have previously held onto two strongholds in the state's urbanized Indianapolis and northwest-Indiana regions, their chances of success would plummet in this new map, according to an analysis by PlanScore, a nonprofit that analyzes political maps.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
For the most part, these blueprints have been geared at spurring growth and unity as the nation transformed from a rural, agrarian economy to an urbanized, developed powerhouse.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanized
urban
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Africa’s population is young and increasingly urban, with a consumer market projected in the trillions and business demand expected to exceed $4 trillion by 2030, according to research from the Brookings Institution.—
Maurizio Caio,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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To me, a film—something raw and stylish, like an underground movie—would be the perfect way to broadcast this urban culture to the world.—
Fab 5 Freddy,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Urbanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanized. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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