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white area

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noun

  1. an area of land for which no specific planning proposal has been adopted

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2021, Nyarai and her family moved from London to Llanelli, and she said was a "daunting experience" leaving a city where she identified with a lot of people to a predominantly white area.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2024

Ms. Calhoun-Thomas lives in a largely white area in the eastern part of the city; her government job routinely takes her to the city’s west side, which is mostly Black.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2023

This morning, there is just a little white area where the burn was.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2022

Let me state that we live in a predominantly white area, and this is my boys’ first exposure to anyone looking different than them.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2019

She saw a small white area on a dirty dark-brown arm.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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