sprawling city

collocation in English

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sprawling
adjective
uk
/ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈsprɑː.lɪŋ/
(of a city) covered with buildings across a large area, often ones that have been added gradually over a period ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition ofsprawlingandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This public ground steeped in history provides a place where residents of asprawlingcitycan come face to face with their differences and their interdependence.
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London is a vast,sprawlingcity, and the distances to the centre from any of the outer suburbs involves a time-consuming journey, whether by public or by private transport.
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Onesprawlingcitycovers the entirety of the planet surface.
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Modern single-family subdivisions, mostly built since the 1950s, exist in the outskirts of thesprawlingcity.
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Since then, the road network has vastly expanded to accommodate thesprawlingcity.
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The entire planet was to be asprawlingcity.
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It is a large,sprawlingcity, home to people and creatures of all types.
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Riordan tackled the problem of governing thesprawlingcityby spearheading the creation of neighborhood-based councils, to provide community organizations a way to participate in governance.
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This can leadeto sprawling cities with high crime areas.
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As is typical for many sprawling cities in areas of varying topography, temperatures can change depending on location.
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Amid the sprawling cities, neighborhoods remained closeknit communities.
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