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

China’s headline urban unemployment rate stood at 5.4% last month, edging up from February’s 5.3%.

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

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

Urging the urban poor—or anyone—to live up to their highest ideals and values is a good thing, as it demonstrates confidence in the ability of all people to stretch, grow, and evolve.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander