food desert
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of food desert
First recorded in 1995–2000
Example Sentences
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Union is also what is termed a "food desert", where many residents live far from the nearest supermarket.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Many of the senior residents in Chinatown face a food desert after local grocery stores shut down in the wake of Walmart’s arrival and departure from the historic neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
As NPR reported in 2020, about 19 million people, or roughly 6% of the population, lived in a food desert.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2024
In another study, Tallamy and his co-authors likened the ecological effect of nonnative plantings to that of a food desert.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
That was before South Shore became a food desert, before eviction and crime rates rose, before the pandemic drove even more businesses and people from the area.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
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