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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
Noun
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Much of Chicago’s rise from provincial Midwestern town to admired international metropolis was the result of strong mayors with both responsibility and accountability for public safety, schools and transportation.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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From metropolises like Atlanta and Nashville to historic spots like Annapolis to coastal destinations like Tampa, these cities represent the wonderful diversity of our region.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Through cast shake-ups, city changes, and iconic moments that have left an imprint on reality television, Basketball Wives has remained a staple—constantly reinventing itself to stay relevant.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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There’s an eye-catching sculptural staircase, and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass provide sweeping vistas of the mountains, city lights, and ocean beyond.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
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Set in Mexico between the 1870s and the 1920s, the magic realism epic revolves around the history of a remote town called Comala, the life of which has been destroyed by vengeful local feudal lord Pedro Páramo.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
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What did evoke his inventiveness were the people around him in his small town.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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The latter roughly matches the level awarded to municipalities prior to legislative cuts in 2014.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Braga is a city and a municipality in northwestern Portugal.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 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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His own childhood in a one-parent household in Sydney’s industrial inner-city suburb of Camperdown was far from idyllic.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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Giuffre is due in Joondalup Magistrates Court on April 9 for allegedly violating a family violence restraining order on Feb. 2 in the northern Perth suburb of Ocean Reef, People reported Wednesday.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Conurbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbation. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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