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Recent Examples of favela
Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
At the same time, the company noticed that the growth curve in e-commerce showed no signs of slowing—especially in largely untapped markets such as favelas, which generate over 119 billion reais ($20 billion) in economic activity every year, according to data from Instituto Locomotiva.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
At the same time, the company noticed that the growth curve in e-commerce showed no signs of slowing—especially in largely untapped markets such as favelas, which generate over 119 billion reais ($20 billion) in economic activity every year, according to data from Instituto Locomotiva.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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This administration is bringing back the law of the jungle to international trade, according to trade expert Kristen Hopewell, and time is running out to salvage the remains of a post-war system of commerce that promoted stability and prosperity across the world.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 2025
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No matter your landscaping preferences, an overgrown jungle is always an eyesore.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Born in December 1963, the fifth of seven siblings, Lee grew up in Seongnam, a city near the southeastern edge of Seoul that, by the time his family settled there in 1976, was known as a neighborhood for those who had been evicted from the capital’s shantytowns.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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At the same time, authorities in the Spanish capital are dismantling Toni’s neighborhood, a sort of makeshift shantytown no longer commonplace — or deemed right and proper — in wealthy western Europe.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Homeless advocates and experts say California’s unprecedented investments in homelessness programs likely prevented a larger spike, though that’s done little to assuage boiling public frustration over encampments statewide.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Leftist lawmakers want to make homeless encampments a nationwide crisis.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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