urban sprawls

noun

plural of urban sprawl
as in asphalt jungles

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  1. cities
  2. towns
  3. municipalities
Noun
  • Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red.
    — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of cities
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  • At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Natural Disasters Hundreds of people are dead, and at least 1,400 are missing, after a massive wall of water crashed through towns in Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of towns
Noun
  • Tafoya, who served as an attorney for several municipalities and small authorities across the region, has yet to be sentenced and is cooperating with prosecutors.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The King and Queen traveled extensively around the country and are thought to have visited almost all of its counties and municipalities, according to the state broadcaster NRK.
    — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of municipalities
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“Urban sprawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawls. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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