slum clearance
Example Sentences
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Promoting slum clearance and clean water while preventing adulterated food addressed popular grievances while offering competent, uncontroversial government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
By the 1950s, the nation was entering an era of urban renewal and slum clearance subsidized by the federal government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
Shots of slums and slum clearance provide a metaphor for the creation of a new society and a new consciousness.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
But there was also a great deal of demolition, largely due to slum clearance, which made the overall figure just under 200,000 a year.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
If he were married and had a dependent wife and children he might get architectural work in a government slum clearance project.
From Class of '29 by Orrie Lashin
