Example Sentences

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“Some of them are antigrowth, antidevelopment, just plain wrong,” Mr. D’Amato said of the other mayoral contenders.

From New York Times • May 16, 2013

Like the acquiring companies, Archstone is concentrated in places where zoning laws, high land costs and antidevelopment sentiment make it more challenging to build.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2012

"Look at 8 o'clock at night on Sixth Avenue," says Actress Colleen Dewhurst, an antidevelopment activist, alluding to the dreary wall of high-rise office slabs a few hundred yards east of the theater district.

From Time Magazine Archive

An effective opponent of unchecked urban sprawl, Wilson swept into the San Diego mayor's office in 1971 on an antidevelopment campaign that some fellow Republicans regarded lightly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vanaik points to the anticity, antidevelopment 10,000-strong rebel Naxalite army, which runs a virtual state in rural central India, as an example of the risks of rising discontent.

From Time Magazine Archive