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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
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
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
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
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
Noun
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So, any Gotham within a contemporary film in the Batman series that's going to be authentic has to be reflective of a modern American metropolis.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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About 120 miles west of London, just over an hour by train, lies Bristol—a vast metropolis that made Afar’s annual Where to Go list in 2022.—
Lottie Gross,
AFAR Media,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, the White House has ordered immigration enforcement in cities around the country.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The changes affect libraries operated by Maricopa County and not cities that operate their own libraries, such as Phoenix.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seven miles across town, another MPS school had to delay its start date by a day.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Jarrett knew Swift and her family beforehand from seeing them around town.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Protesters also took to the streets in other municipalities, including Damak, Birtamod, Itahari, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Bharatpur, Pokhara, Birgunj, Butwal, Bhairahawa, Tulsipur, and Dhangadhi, according to the Kathmandu Post.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The crash happened on a highway in the Atlacomulco municipality, according to state authorities.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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On a rainy July morning in a plush Amsterdam suburb, Nathan Xu has camped out at an Italian coffee shop for a full slate of meetings.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Under the state’s current map, which was approved in 2022, Kansas City and its nearby suburbs are largely within the 5th District.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Conurbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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