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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
Orenstein emphasized the need to minimize urban sprawl in fire-prone areas, while also addressing the long-term challenges posed by climate change.
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Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2025
The blazes that began in the hilltop communities surrounding Los Angeles are part of a growing trend of increasingly destructive wildfires fueled by climate change, urban sprawl and inadequate resources for firefighting.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The endangered Florida panther faces the dual threats of urban sprawl and increased traffic
In 2024, 36 panther deaths were recorded by state wildlife officials, which was the most since 2016.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Like many cities, the fringes of Sydney’s urban sprawl are made up of working-class families, newly arrived immigrants and those pushed out further and further from downtown by rising housing prices.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2025
The blazes that began in the hilltop communities surrounding Los Angeles are part of a growing trend of increasingly destructive wildfires fueled by climate change, urban sprawl and inadequate resources for firefighting.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
The endangered Florida panther faces the dual threats of urban sprawl and increased traffic
In 2024, 36 panther deaths were recorded by state wildlife officials, which was the most since 2016.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Like many cities, the fringes of Sydney’s urban sprawl are made up of working-class families, newly arrived immigrants and those pushed out further and further from downtown by rising housing prices.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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This isn’t the first time city aldermen have been in the spotlight for dodgy happenings.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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My team spans different states, countries and backgrounds—some speak multiple languages, and others come from small towns or big cities.—
Alexander Kwapis,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The bucolic splendor of Waitsfield, Vermont, is the obvious muse behind one of the ski town’s recent new builds.—
Will Speros,
Architectural Digest,
26 May 2025
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At least 11 people have been hospitalized after a shooting near a boat dock in a South Carolina beach town on Memorial Day weekend.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Brigitte Segal, president of Les Studios de Paris, and Peninsula Pictures producer John Bernard will speak on Studios de Paris and its facilities as the largest and newest inner city studio complex.—
William Earl,
Variety,
12 May 2025
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But the Defender is overpriced and an inefficient inner city and suburbia dweller.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Though the county may also do the work on the water mains and related tasks — Rozwadowski said it is being negotiated — the municipalities will be paying for it.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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And while the courts originally said transfer tax revenue must go into a municipality’s general fund, special taxes under Upland can be exclusively directed to whatever the local government, or special interest group, wants.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
19 May 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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This not only marks the return of rookie cops Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), but also introduces reptiles for the first time to their mammal metropolis.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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The season 1 finale teased New Vegas, with MacLachlan's battered and bloody Hank approaching the one-time metropolis in the episode's final moments.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 May 2025
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Manhattan merged with Brooklyn a dozen years before, and here is Greater New York, spreading into new suburbs, boroughs, and garden cities.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 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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Northlake is about a 20-mile drive northwest from downtown Chicago.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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After 21 years, Catch 35 is closing in downtown Naperville at the end of next month, the seafood restaurant said in social media and website posts.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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