as in metropolis
a thickly settled, highly populated area what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis

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Recent Examples of megalopolis This was Rome, a megalopolis where glittering avenues, monuments and arches littered the landscape. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023 Protecting downtown and the city’s infrastructure from floods, the channel made possible the emergence of Los Angeles as a great, global megalopolis of booming businesses and single-family houses with green lawns and swimming pools. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022 Earlier Sunday, DeSantis appeared before a crowd that a campaign representative estimated at about 3,000 people at the Villages, the retirement megalopolis in central Florida. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2022 Benin City is not a megalopolis like Lagos, but its 1.8 million people still generate a lot of traffic. David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for megalopolis
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Noun
  • 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
  • Land subsidence risk to infrastructure in US metropolises.
    Li Cohen May 8, CBS News, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Because ski masks have been banned from public spaces in cities like Philadelphia due to their association with criminal activity, seeing someone wear one in public may raise alarm.
    Jazmin Towe, Parents, 9 May 2025
  • The Charlotte Observer reached out to a city spokesperson to offer city officials a chance to comment on the allegations in the post, but did not receive any comment Thursday.
    Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • That December saw the launch of an Air Algerie flight between Paris and the oasis town of Djanet.
    Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • 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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“Megalopolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalopolis. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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