urban center

Example Sentences

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Soldiers pointed out how that dividing line follows the intersection of Shujaiya’s leveled blocks with the damaged but largely standing urban center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Krupp advises that those who are “committed to the Perseids” despite the diminished chances of visibility this year “should go somewhere far from any urban center and away from the scattered glare of artificial lighting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

As people, we are all shaped by the neighborhoods we grew up in, whether it was a bustling urban center or the quiet countryside.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023

“Studying medicine was only possible, at the time, in a large urban center of the empire,” Dr. Samu said.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Walls had been constructed out of wood, scrap metal, cars, anything big and strong enough to protect what was inside: a mostly burned-out urban center.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner