populated area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopulatedandarea
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populated
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
(of a place) having people ...
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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofpopulatedandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The contrasting scenario is one of a sparselypopulatedareathat has excellent market access.
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Curiously, the same pattern was observed for samples collected in the peninsula, which is a rural, lightlypopulatedareawith scarcely distributed water storage containers as breeding sites.
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I admit at once that some hardship is really quite inevitable whenever a big new road has to be made through a denselypopulatedarea.
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For about three years it is a sparselypopulatedarea.
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If it is to be built away from apopulatedarea, there is the question of housing and services, schools and things of that character.
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Therefore, an artificial distortion may creep in which prevents a sparselypopulatedareaincreasing its electorate at all.
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In most cases, it is not a sufficientlypopulatedareato sustain the hotel industry alone.
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It has never been tried before in a denselypopulatedareaof terrace housing.
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It is a sparselypopulatedarea, lacking capital to introduce the dynamic of growth.
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In the first place, it should be sited, so far as possible, in a sparselypopulatedarea.
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However, its 900 employees live in a number of constituencies in this heavilypopulatedarea, and a substantial number live in my constituency.
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A brownfield development may be close to a denselypopulatedareaof housing.
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It is a heavilypopulatedareawith a mixed community.
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They are worried about noisy aircraft passing over a heavilypopulatedarea24 hours a day.
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It is a denselypopulatedarea, with high ridership levels compared with the rural and suburban areas around.
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It is clear, therefore, that those consumers cannot be supplied on the same terms as people living in a denselypopulatedarea.
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The fire occurred in a thicklypopulatedarea, three to five square miles of which have been completely destroyed.
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