urbanized
Example Sentences
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The island’s cities are dense and highly urbanized, making it easy for small stores to capture heavy foot traffic.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
The country’s east is heavily urbanized, with a population density about 50 times that of Arctic Scandinavia and Finland, where every square mile houses on average five people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
They benefit from space, sunlight and flexibility — qualities that Los Angeles has in abundance across its 1,600 square miles of urbanized area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
“In the U.S., which is highly urbanized and there are laws for sanitation, waste management, etc., the prevalence is substantially low,” Chaccour told Salon in a phone interview.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
In the main, this delicately balanced state of affairs has not greatly altered since the Civil War, save in those parts of the South which have been industrialized or urbanized.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
