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Manhattanize

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).

transitive

Examples

“San Francisco's Board⟳ of Supervisors last⟳ month approved a new zoning law designed to limit⟳ the height and size of office towers and to reduce⟳ by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan⟳ came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Manhattanized Manhattanizes Manhattanizing manhaul manhauled manhauling

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