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urban

[ur-buhn] / ˈɜr bən /


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Like Pennsylvania, it’s effectively two states in one: densely populated, with highly-educated urban and suburban regions alongside vast rural areas that lean heavily conservative.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

But in some local government and urban planning circles, the windowless establishments are seen as hogging land and creating dead zones where there ought be street life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Whereas the broader CPI tracks prices affecting all consumers, CPI-W only looks at prices affecting urban hourly wage and clerical workers.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Protests have also taken place at various locations on main roads leading to the city, as well as near other large urban areas.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

But what I especially liked was that its founders were focused less on parachuting Ivy Leaguers into urban communities and more on finding and cultivating talent that was already there.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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