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Recent Examples of megacity Inflation in Peru’s megacity capital of Lima has been below the 2% midpoint of the central bank’s target range all year, but the early consensus expects the central bank to keep its key rate unchanged at 4.5% for a third straight meeting. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025 These nearby towns outside of Istanbul offer the same infamous Turkish hospitality without the hustle and bustle of the megacity. Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Two of the largest Saudi entities cutting checks to influence American policy are the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and NEOM, the linear megacity the Arab nation is attempting to build. Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 July 2025 Baidu’s largest operations hub is Wuhan, a megacity in central China with more than 13 million people, strategically chosen for its supportive regulatory environment and its status as China’s automotive heartland. IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for megacity
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Noun
  • In the show, Marshall says his father moved to Eerie to study it as the most normal city in the United States.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Originally an agricultural town, cemeteries began to take root in Colma after a 1901 ordinance banned new burials within San Francisco’s city limits, a decision driven by limited real estate and a booming population.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • This Brazilian metropolis, with over one million inhabitants and located in the Amazon region, will host international leaders this November for the UN Climate Summit.
    Tarciana Medeiros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megacity. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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