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Recent Examples of favela
At the same time, the company noticed that the growth curve in e-commerce showed no signs of slowing—especially in largely untapped markets such as favelas, which generate over 119 billion reais ($20 billion) in economic activity every year, according to data from Instituto Locomotiva.
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
For favelas like Parque Arará, that can be a problem.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
But in Rio's more than 1,000 low-income favelas, their high cost and heavy weight meant they weren't even considered a possibility.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
For favelas like Parque Arará, that can be a problem.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
But in Rio's more than 1,000 low-income favelas, their high cost and heavy weight meant they weren't even considered a possibility.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
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Schwarzenegger's team of soldiers goes into a Central American jungle for a rescue and ends up needing help themselves when hunted down one by one by a Predator.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Crowded plants grow into a jungle that reduces production and makes plants vulnerable to insects and disease.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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At the same time, authorities in the Spanish capital are dismantling Toni’s neighborhood, a sort of makeshift shantytown no longer commonplace — or deemed right and proper — in wealthy western Europe.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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The guests of honor at this weekend’s Rails to Victory World War II reenactment and encampment in South Elgin are two men who experienced the war firsthand more than 80 years ago.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The campus was one of dozens around the country where students set up encampments as part of their protests.—
Elissa Robinson,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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