Example Sentences

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Mr. Davis, 68, got involved in the fight not because he is antigrowth or outraged by gentrification, but as a personal favor to Mr. Spaulding.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2015

“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

Mounting antigrowth pressure is aimed not only at Los Angeles as the symbol of overdevelopment but also at the increasing number of escapees from L.A., whose arrival is regarded as a threat to small-town ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

He became an antigrowth environmentalist, showing up one time barefoot at a county commission meeting, and was eventually elected the island's first mayor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Similarly, there are new drugs designed to combat bone loss, including estrogen look-alikes that appear to act as antigrowth factors in the breast.

From Time Magazine Archive