urban renewal
Example Sentences
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Lagos state officials say the demolition was necessary for safety and urban renewal reasons.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
When urban renewal bulldozed those communities, the benefits vanished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
She’ll sublimate her own romantic heartache in urban renewal and other good works.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
New Haven was a good place to study urban history: Its midcentury leaders strived to make it a “model city,” and deployed more per capita urban renewal money than in any city in the country.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025
Alongside the neat gray wharf sheds that lined the river and canal across the railroad tracks, Lew Pants huddled, a silent and smoky plea for urban renewal.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
