: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city
Examples of urban in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebDuring the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug rehabilitation programs.—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024 Expanding to new parts of the country is also on the docket, since One Medical currently serves only 20 predominantly coastal, urban areas, including New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for urban
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