: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city
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During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug rehabilitation programs.
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Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Expanding to new parts of the country is also on the docket, since One Medical currently serves only 20 predominantly coastal, urban areas, including New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
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Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Expanding to new parts of the country is also on the docket, since One Medical currently serves only 20 predominantly coastal, urban areas, including New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
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“Urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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urban
adjective
ur·ban
ˈər-bən 
: of, relating to, typical of, or being a city
urban life
an urban area
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