heavily populated
Example Sentences
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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
Many of the border vendors said their surveillance and tracking systems are used the same way in remote border areas, heavily populated regions or the U.S. interior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The storm was expected to linger for days, shifting into the heavily populated mid-Atlantic and northeastern states while crippling daily life and ushering in a frigid air mass across the country.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
As these hot spots grow, they increase the likelihood that exceptionally intense tropical cyclones, sometimes described as Category '6' storms, could make landfall near heavily populated coastlines.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
Until European contact the warm coastline of California was heavily populated, according to William S. Preston, a geographer at California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
