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conurbation

noun

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

Atlanta, the sprawling southern metropolis, is used to serving as a temporary home for the rare black-and-white bears.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Perhaps most surprising, though, the top 10 favors big, bustling metropolises rather than the sunny coastal cities or small towns that might first come to mind when planning a romantic trip.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of metropolis

Noun

As the industrial age took hold, geometry continued to show force in the colonial infantries abroad and through isomorphic police squadrons that fit neatly into modernizing city blocks patrolled back home.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Other offerings include hydrating and volumizing shampoo and conditioner duos; a Deep Moisture Repair Hair Mask; a SahaScalp purifying scrub, and a recent trio of hair and body fragrance mists inspired by different Indian cities and states.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of city

Noun

The utility this weekend also de-energized lines around a brush fire that broke out Saturday, prompting evacuation orders several miles south of Lahaina town, the site of the 2023 deadly fires.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Tight, familial church communities, huddled in isolated villages and small towns; people held in place; a striking lack of privacy and liberty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Nearly 30 other entities and municipalities — including Beverly Hills, Culver City and West Hollywood — rely on Hyperion to treat their sewage.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The state budget passed this summer included a provision forcing Charlotte-area municipalities who opposed adding toll lanes to Interstate 77 South to either reverse their opposition or repay NCDOT for money already spent on the project.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 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

On the Monday before the layoffs, Morgan Hughes and JoJo Burkhard were knocking on doors in Kettering, a Dayton suburb.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The protests started in the Parisian suburbs, where poverty levels are high, then spread to Paris itself and other French towns, including Marseille, Strasbourg, Tours and Lille.

— Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026

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