urban

Example Sentences

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The top admission for the Obama Presidential Center is in keeping with the record expense of the project in a city known for complex and costly urban development, steep taxes and premium cultural attractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The key player of the “love trapezoid,” as Raicek called it, is Damon, an urban cowboy of a jewelry designer who moves among three beguiling women, the narrator among them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"Touring is generally in best health at the large scale: large music acts or musical theatre, in larger venues, and in larger urban areas," it said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

ICE agents, who often work in urban settings, had little prior experience handling hostile crowds.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

As a result, the Democratic New Deal coalition evolved into an alliance of urban ethnic groups and the white South that dominated electoral politics from 1932 to the early 1960s.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander