urban

Example Sentences

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I lived part of my teen years in Brasília, the capital built from scratch whose architecture and urban planning have drawn equal parts fascination and disdain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

A comprehensive program could eventually increase their storage capacity by more than 2 million acre-feet, enough water to supply all of California’s urban water users for nearly three months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

The Local Theatre Touring Alliance welcomed the report, which it said "provides important and timely evidence of the pressures facing touring across theatre, dance and music, particularly in venues outside major urban centres".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

But it is a spirited country, is pollution-free, and has no urban slums and virtually no crime.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady