overdevelopment
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The McCoys settled in Imperial Beach in the early 1970s — Mike was a veterinarian, Patricia a teacher — when the coastal protection movement was spreading across the state amid fears of overdevelopment and privatization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was caused partly by record rain, but was also a reckoning for years of rampant overdevelopment and a waste management system under enormous strain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Native Hawaiians, who consider Mauna Kea sacred, have opposed the TMT and long campaigned against overdevelopment of the summit, which is home to 13 observatories.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024
Many of these MPs represent rural constituencies and have raised concerns about what they see as overdevelopment in their area.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023
But we may abstract from the extremes of abnormal deficiency and abnormal overdevelopment in particular functions.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg
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