heavily populated
Example Sentences
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The incident has left city officials scratching their heads as to how the creature crossed the 210 Freeway and decided to plop down in a heavily populated residential area surrounded by major streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
And on top of that: fishing, boating, mineral extraction, and protection from underground toxins that could blanket Utah’s most heavily populated area and drive everyone away—not just from Box Elder, but from the state altogether.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
Atlantic hurricanes are more dangerous to human life and property as they are generally closer to more heavily populated areas.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The Gofar fault is far from heavily populated coastlines, so the earthquakes themselves pose little direct threat to people.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
Danny’s block was heavily populated by the followers of his father, Russian Hasidic Jews in somber garb, whose habits and frames of reference were born on the soil of the land they had abandoned.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
