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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

Google is snatching up more office space in the South Florida metropolis, just as its cofounders are buying million-dollar mansions right on the waterfront.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
But that’s not the only reason the city and its surrounding neighborhoods, long known as a lively metropolis of late nights and ocean views, have become a developer’s playground.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 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

The city’s mayor said earlier today that the municipality is not directly threatened, but surrounding communities have been evacuated.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
The outcome is a more predictable, investable and trusted AI infrastructure footprint that grid operators, municipalities, investors and communities can plan around rather than react to.

— Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 27 July 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

Alford’s seat now encompasses Kansas City’s urban core, suburbs in Jackson County and a large swath of rural areas through southwest and central Missouri.

— Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Amber Hampton runs a makeshift food pantry out of her garage in a suburb of the city.

— Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 27 July 2026

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