: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city
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Its café is rather spacious by most urban standards, seating 50 people inside and 15 outside.
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Gary Stern, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
This rainfall could lead to considerable flash and urban flooding.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
Though Gotham is its own distinctively bleak urban space, not quite New York City but basically New York City, its overall universe casts a gloomy mirror on a 21st century America on the verge of class rebellion.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
This can result in lower surface temperatures and less heat retained in urban environments.
—Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
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Gary Stern, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
This rainfall could lead to considerable flash and urban flooding.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
Though Gotham is its own distinctively bleak urban space, not quite New York City but basically New York City, its overall universe casts a gloomy mirror on a 21st century America on the verge of class rebellion.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
This can result in lower surface temperatures and less heat retained in urban environments.
—Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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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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