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
That’s far less than in more urbanized and wealthier counties in the state such as Richland, Greenville, and Beaufort.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
The residents of this new California were urbanized people who probably felt more threatened by bug spray than by the more abstract prospect of the state’s $14-billion annual ag business being laid waste by Medflies.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
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
