conurbations

plural of conurbation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conurbations
Noun
  • Other Indian cities with GCCs are seeing similar trends.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Based in Guangzhou, the self-driving vehicle company operates in several major Chinese cities, as well as markets outside of China.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But that election didn’t include towns or school board.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Unlike most towns Upstate, Saratoga Springs has an extensive network of bus routes via the Capital District Transportation Authority, that can get you all around town.
    Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The big story 31-year-old Aarushi Kilawat is a fashion entrepreneur from India's Jaipur, a small city with less than 5 million residents — a far cry from Indian metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
  • Last year, in an effort to bring at least some unofficial results to the county faster, Forlini and the county sheriff offered a program where a deputy and a county clerk employee went to municipalities to pick up the sticks and drive them back to the county elections department in Mount Clemens.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Although municipalities in other countries can borrow from their national government—Canada regularly provides localized loans to stimulate housing construction—American cities and towns usually don’t have that luxury.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • He was first elected to the House in 1992, and now represents an inland district stretching from the southern Riverside suburbs to Palm Springs.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Just days after kids around Minnesota were opening Halloween candy, the Minnesota Wild got an early holiday present on a Friday in the New York City suburbs.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Conurbations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbations. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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