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conurbation

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Definition of conurbation

as in metropolis

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Recent Examples of conurbation It was left a ghost town, like many such European conurbations. — Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 The two colleagues run into one another on the ferry to an island that’s part of the wider Oslo conurbation. — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024 Sheffield, meanwhile, England’s ninth-largest population conurbation, has not produced England’s champions since the most recent of Wednesday’s four titles in 1930. — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 However, this does not mean that the development of remote jobs will have no influence on the future face of major cities and conurbations. — Arnaud Devigne, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 Roads, office parks, and malls line the site now, part of the conurbation known as the Arizona Sun Corridor. — Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024 This was no easy task in the jumble of a vast nineteenth-century conurbation. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 Riyadh Air, based in Saudi Arabia’s namesake capital, a conurbation of 8 million people, will commence flights in 2025, aiming to serve 100 cities by 2030. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023

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Noun

Before New York became a sprawling metropolis, its rolling hills, deep valleys, and tidal salt marshes were part of a larger estuarine ecosystem that was home to countless flora and fauna.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
The French maison just opened a new spa in Venice at Hotel Cipriani last week, marking the first time the house has made its wellness practices in the Italian metropolis a permanent experience.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

Definition of metropolis

Noun

Originally from Buenos Aires, Celeste got her first passport at three years old, and has lived in 10 cities across seven countries and five continents.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
At the same candidate forum, Lake said that employment opportunities tend to be clustered in larger cities across Jackson County, putting candidates further east at a disadvantage when looking for jobs.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of city

Noun

The kind who drive across town for the right crust and aren't afraid to wait for it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
For several candidates, those visions involve building out transit networks within Jackson County in order to connect the cities and towns scattered east of Kansas City.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Many of these units of government, such as townships, predate municipalities and are legacy government units that are now redundant.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Monday’s return includes Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourist hot spot along the Atlantic coast, and Le Porge, the municipality hardest hit by the fire, where 183 homes were destroyed.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of municipality

Noun

Boyu promises to be instrumental in helping Starbucks open stores in cities beyond Shanghai, Beijing, and China’s other megalopolises, while keeping costs in check.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.

— Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024

Definition of megalopolis

Noun

Set the scene Hellerup is an affluent seaside suburb, a 10-minute cab ride or 30-minute train ride away from the city center, filled with posh homes with neat gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Based on an original idea by Brad Ingelsby, Task is set in the working-class suburbs outside of Philadelphia.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

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