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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
These solutions would likewise benefit our nation’s wildlife, which are being squeezed tighter every year by urban sprawl.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
In Los Angeles, urban sprawl has expanded development into fire-prone areas, known as the wildland-urban interface.
—Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
The property is zoned for agricultural use and is on Prop A lands, meant to conserve agricultural lands and prevent urban sprawl.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Its mission was to plan and manage regional development and control urban sprawl in the seven county, Twin Cities metropolitan area, which was then one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
In Los Angeles, urban sprawl has expanded development into fire-prone areas, known as the wildland-urban interface.
—Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
The property is zoned for agricultural use and is on Prop A lands, meant to conserve agricultural lands and prevent urban sprawl.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Its mission was to plan and manage regional development and control urban sprawl in the seven county, Twin Cities metropolitan area, which was then one of the fastest growing areas in the Midwest.
—John Diers, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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Leaders from nine Wise County cities — Boyd, Aurora, Decatur, Bridgeport, New Fairview, Alvord, Paradise Newark and Rhome — were among Wise County officials who joined forces over a year ago to lay a groundwork for the Wise Regional Water District.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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These are the top cities in which listers reside, in order of popularity.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In developing a town around their chocolate factory, the Hersheys also built theaters, recreation centers and public transportation for their workers.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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What did evoke his inventiveness were the people around him in his small town.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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Imagine if two twins are separated at birth and raised in different homes: one on a farm with pets and one in the inner city.—
Breanne Hayes Haney,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Researchers began excavating the Xiongan site in 2017, working their way from the outer city to the inner city and discovering the Tang Dynasty temple where the dragon was found in 2023 as well as other ceramics and Buddhist relics.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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The latter roughly matches the level awarded to municipalities prior to legislative cuts in 2014.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Braga is a city and a municipality in northwestern Portugal.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
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But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
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Much of Chicago’s rise from provincial Midwestern town to admired international metropolis was the result of strong mayors with both responsibility and accountability for public safety, schools and transportation.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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From metropolises like Atlanta and Nashville to historic spots like Annapolis to coastal destinations like Tampa, these cities represent the wonderful diversity of our region.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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Just 22 minutes after the armed carjacking, Hardy arrived at the Florida Avenue Garage in downtown Washington.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Jackson County provided those beds initially in a facility adjacent to its downtown detention center for people awaiting trial on felony charges.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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