as in jungle
a usually poor town or a part of a town where the people live in shanties
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Recent Examples of shantytown
For the kingdom, the bombings and the individuals that perpetrated them—native Moroccans from the city’s hardscrabble shantytowns—were a wake-up call.
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Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The city will finally lose that shantytown look of rotting shacks.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
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Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The city will finally lose that shantytown look of rotting shacks.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shantytown
Noun
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Crowded plants grow into a jungle that reduces production and makes plants vulnerable to insects and disease.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Schwarzenegger's team of soldiers goes into a Central American jungle for a rescue and ends up needing help themselves when hunted down one by one by a Predator.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The lineup is heavy on directorial debuts with Kites from Brazil’s Walter-Thompson Hernández set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, The Scout by Paula Andrea González-Nasser about a location scout in NYC, Westhhampton by Christian Nilsson and Melody Roscher’s Bird In Hand.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The guests of honor at this weekend’s Rails to Victory World War II reenactment and encampment in South Elgin are two men who experienced the war firsthand more than 80 years ago.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The campus was one of dozens around the country where students set up encampments as part of their protests.—
Elissa Robinson,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Shantytown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shantytown. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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