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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
The population was less than 2,400, and where urban sprawl covers much of the land today, once were great orchards of apples and peaches.
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Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The roots of the problem–and solutions Continued urban sprawl and population growth only increases the demand for freshwater.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Today’s luxury buyers expect not just world-beating range and tech, however, but also an increasing number of customization options—so Cadillac recently invited me to join select media for a drive day and configuration session amid the urban sprawl and mountain canyons of Los Angeles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.
—Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
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Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The roots of the problem–and solutions Continued urban sprawl and population growth only increases the demand for freshwater.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Today’s luxury buyers expect not just world-beating range and tech, however, but also an increasing number of customization options—so Cadillac recently invited me to join select media for a drive day and configuration session amid the urban sprawl and mountain canyons of Los Angeles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.
—Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
Noun
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There’s also a line of city and state officials supporting the new rail.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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Just before sunrise, a small group of newsmen slid into combat fatigues and safari jackets before slipping through the waking city in a convoy of vans and rental cars.—
Gary Knight,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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According to the relocation company’s most recent 2025 Moving Trends Report, the most popular domestic destination for relocation in the first six months of 2025 was a historic town just inland of Myrtle Beach.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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But seeing them actually here in your town, being able to talk to them, ask questions, provide that access, is going to be really cool.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Many scouts were on hand at the Double Duty Classic, an annual event designed to promote baseball in inner cities and honor the history of Negro League baseball.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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The law expands opportunity zones and extends tax benefits for investing in inner cities and economically depressed rural areas.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
9 July 2025
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In her previous role as sr. public affairs manager at Arizona Public Service in Yuma, Ariz., Twomey worked closely with various nonprofits, municipalities, and community agencies to form partnerships for success.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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More than 100 municipalities across the state—including Morton Grove, Glencoe, and Des Plaines—have already voted to continue the tax, said Gillian Cookerly-Dietrich, management analyst for the village.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 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 find is the first time a Caracol king has been identified over the decades of research at the site, which was a dominant Maya metropolis before its abandonment by 900 AD.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Shanghai is the third-largest city in the world, with a population of just over 40 million, and is one of the most vibrant metropolises in the country.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 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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Just a few blocks east, the National Weather Service recorded 5 inches of rain falling in an hour and a half, as a thunderstorm stalled over downtown and nearby neighborhoods.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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With its sweeping views of the Douro River, beyond which sits Porto’s historic downtown, Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia invites guests to enjoy Porto over a glass of its signature port wine rather than hustle through it.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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