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a usually poor town or a part of a town where the people live in shanties
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Recent Examples of shantytown
Elsewhere in the wasteland, Knight Titus and Squire Maximus are on a Vertibird en route to the shantytown of Filly.
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Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2005, Mugabe targeted the mass of disaffected Zimbabweans living in slums and shantytowns on the fringes of urban centers, strongholds of the MDC.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Alessandro Da Fonseca was an amiable guy in his twenties who’d recently emigrated from a shantytown district of Rio de Janeiro.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The demonstration lasted six weeks, with some participants setting up a shantytown known as Resurrection City.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
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Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2005, Mugabe targeted the mass of disaffected Zimbabweans living in slums and shantytowns on the fringes of urban centers, strongholds of the MDC.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Alessandro Da Fonseca was an amiable guy in his twenties who’d recently emigrated from a shantytown district of Rio de Janeiro.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The demonstration lasted six weeks, with some participants setting up a shantytown known as Resurrection City.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shantytown
Noun
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Tracker Tracker is a bilingual chihuahua pup who lives in the jungle with his owner, Carlos.—
Alyssa Sybertz,
Parents,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Cats are staying in the jungle — aka Sunrise, FL.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.—
Constance Malleret,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Dec. 2024
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Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.—
Rebecca Shaw,
TIME,
9 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Meanwhile, Jefferson Parish council members passed a new law yesterday banning encampments.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Louisiana authorities are clearing homeless encampments around the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of next month’s Super Bowl.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Shantytown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shantytown. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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