How to Use urbanism in a Sentence

urbanism

noun
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  • Then, treat the vacant shell as a petri dish where new forms of high-rise urbanism can be hatched.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But the urbanism of the Villages turns out to be only so-so in practice.
    — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Cook calls it the return of a new urbanism, with more of a live-work-and-play atmosphere.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Known for its eclectic, edgy, and artistic style, Berlin embraces urbanism in the look of its homes.
    — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Gutierrez and the rest of the team had to turn abstract concepts of urbanism into a real city.
    — Douglas McGray, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2007
  • All of Colorado is changing, but Denver is entering a new phase of urbanism compared to the rest of the state.
    — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 25 July 2019
  • Rising urbanism brings city dwellers craving food brought to their doors.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2017
  • By the end of the 1990s, the polycentric and suburban city was regarded as the paradigm of U.S. urbanism.
    — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Street life and walkable urbanism rank much higher in our values today than in the '70s when the RenCen was built.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
  • So the book reflects the ways a bunch of academic disciplines refract the idea of urbanism, of how to make a city that supports everyone who lives there.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Snap’s tenancy in Venice is an awkward form of urbanism.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2017
  • By looking at examples of urbanism from the past, researchers can start to answer some of these questions for the future of today’s cities.
    — Alison Kyra Carter, The Conversation, 7 May 2021
  • With the work-from-home phenomenon here to stay, this European way of life is the future of urbanism in America.
    — Remy Raisner, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • Cloud Gardens skirts the threshold of utopian and dystopian urbanism.
    — Lewis Gordon, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
  • To be cool today is to use car-sharing, attend a public lecture about urbanism or make your own way around India.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • What sets the Avery apart is the extent to which its creators try to fill a blank slate with nuanced urbanism — modern in looks but with an old-school desire to make passersby feel at home.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 18 July 2019
  • But on the level of urbanism, the building remains standoffish.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • The project shows the topography of these places in a way that reflects the individual style and fascination for the urbanism of Waras.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Her achievement passes not only through urbanism and protest, but through acrylic, ink, spray guns, tracing paper.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Neom is hardly the first project to propose buoyant urbanism as a response to climate-change scenarios.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Curbed’s Alissa Walker has a look at Musk’s infuriating ideas about urbanism (which of course fly in the face of established fact).
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022
  • So far, the pandemic’s impact on urbanism has shown up in small changes that can be implemented faster than a new building or zoning plan.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 June 2020
  • If there is one aspect of Southern California design this stadium could have used less of, it’s the urbanism around it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Sharpe is running a campaign focused on housing, transit and urbanism, while Brooks comes from an activist background.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Big and bold regional moves toward walkable urbanism and complete streets are the only way to make a difference.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Portland, Oregon, is a city celebrated for its urbanism and charm.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 26 June 2018
  • Some see it as more of a Disney-like confection, a theme-park urbanism whipped up in the service of a commercial entertainment enterprise.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2017
  • San Francisco is a case study in winner-take-all urbanism, in which the gains from knowledge capitalism flow to a select group of cities and to an even more select group of neighborhoods within them.
    — Richard Florida, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The country has been moving as much as possible below ground in recent years to free up space, making it a global leader in the underground urbanism movement.
    — Gregory Scruggs, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Astana's first Expo opens its doors next June with a theme of zero-energy design and sustainable urbanism.
    — Jamie Robinson, CNN, 30 June 2017

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