urbanize
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
is urbanizing
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present progressiveof urbanize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Africa is urbanizing, and cities are growing largely because people are moving there from rural areas and other countries.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
You would not know, from most Western media, that Africans live in a whole range of places, bucolic or bustling — and that Africa is urbanizing faster than anywhere on earth.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
And as the world is urbanizing incredibly fast, recently passing the 50 % mark, the demographics are strongly in favor of the secular.
From Time ● Apr. 29, 2013
Still, India is urbanizing rapidly and embracing global culture as it does so.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2011
The influx into dynamic areas like Seattle and, to a lesser extent, Portland, Ore., is urbanizing a once rural hinterland and intensifying the Northwest's already bitter debate over local growth.
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