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Recent Examples of conurbation
It was left a ghost town, like many such European conurbations.
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Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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
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
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
L’Asile, a conurbation of 52,000 people living mostly in rural communities, was founded in the 1930s.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021
Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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
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
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
L’Asile, a conurbation of 52,000 people living mostly in rural communities, was founded in the 1930s.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conurbation
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There’s the mix of distinctive scenery, from the French Quarter to the swamps to deserts, lakes and cities that can stand in for other more expensive metropolises from New York to Taipei.—
Stuart Miller,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Those studies tended to focus on rapidly subsiding coastal metropolises such as Jakarta, Venice, and New Orleans.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
8 May 2025
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Four other escapees have also been captured within New Orleans city limits and are now being held at the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That led to a protracted fight with some of the hotels, the county and the state attorney general regarding how much say city leaders should have over vouchers.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Best places to retire: Lawrence The ultimate college town of Lawrence is 45 minutes west of Kansas City, and hosts 97,000 residents.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Listen to this article WASHINGTON — Israel Vail’s entire life in the small western Guatemalan town of Cajolá is built off the money that his three children send home from the United States.—
Fatima Hussein,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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But during a House Rules Committee meeting Monday to advance the measure, Democrats noted that schools, libraries and municipalities would bear the costs of updating textbooks, signs and other materials.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
8 May 2025
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Creditors, including landlords, suppliers, and municipalities involved in opioid litigation, are expected to receive partial payments as assets are liquidated.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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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
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In the post-Soviet period, both cities had evolved into European megalopolises.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
19 June 2023
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The university is about a 90-minute drive away in Pittsford, N.Y., a surrounding suburb of Rochester.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Affected areas span the region, encompassing suburbs north, south and east of the city.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Conurbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbation. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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