urban center

Example Sentences

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Great for windsurfing, as well as human or canine jogs, Guincho is so wild and natural it is hard to believe it is so close to an urban center and seafood restaurants galore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Nearly 1 million Palestinians have fled the north, including its urban center, Gaza City, as ground combat intensified.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

It’s a $200-million, 50-mile-long pipeline system that would move water from the California Aqueduct in California City — over arid desert mountains — to a storage tank in the urban center of Ridgecrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

As people, we are all shaped by the neighborhoods we grew up in, whether it was a bustling urban center or the quiet countryside.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023

Walls had been constructed out of wood, scrap metal, cars, anything big and strong enough to protect what was inside: a mostly burned-out urban center.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner