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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
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
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
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanized
urban
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The port is also nearby, where Katajanokka’s maritime warehouses have been converted into restaurants and urban bathing spot Allas Sea Pool floats in the harbor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the 2024-25 cycle, after losing $400 million of funding, small urban and rural applicants had to score 95 points and urban applicants had to score 96 to be considered.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Urbanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanized. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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