: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city
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The new law rolls back California’s landmark environmental review law to exempt urban apartment developments, an idea once considered a legislative third rail.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
The 1995 Chicago heat wave caused a paradigm shift that changed the nation’s approach to urban heat waves.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
With soil already saturated, even brief periods of additional heavy rain may rapidly lead to flooding of rivers, streams, and urban low-lying areas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Designed so people using wheelchairs could easily access sidewalks, this aspect of urban infrastructure also improved mobility for delivery workers, people with luggage and parents with strollers.
—Subha Barry, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
The 1995 Chicago heat wave caused a paradigm shift that changed the nation’s approach to urban heat waves.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
With soil already saturated, even brief periods of additional heavy rain may rapidly lead to flooding of rivers, streams, and urban low-lying areas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Designed so people using wheelchairs could easily access sidewalks, this aspect of urban infrastructure also improved mobility for delivery workers, people with luggage and parents with strollers.
—Subha Barry, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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urban
adjective
ur·ban
ˈər-bən 
: of, relating to, typical of, or being a city
urban life
an urban area
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