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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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The Brazilian coastal metropolis has world-famous beaches worth singing serenades about—and many musicians have.—
Joel Balsam,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
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As Deadline has been telling you for months, the Rocky Mountain metropolis has been in pole position over the United Utah bid and the efforts of Cincinnati, Ohio since the Robert Redford founded cinema celebration revealed the trio of finalists last September.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While evidence confirmed that city money was used for a campaign contribution, it was promptly remedied, according to Sosa’s letter, and the payment was likely made by Ingram’s then-executive assistant, and not the chief.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Apr. 2025
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Mount Dora urban forester Mark Miller and city staff will also lead workshops on native species, proper pruning techniques, and best planting practices.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Pour a damn fine cup of coffee and see what the cast has been up to since the '90s cult classic first left town.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In developing a town around their chocolate factory, the Hersheys also built theaters, recreation centers and public transportation for their workers.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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So, in Utah, as municipalities now have to figure out how to get fluoride out of the water supply, this new law is just as much an economic issue as a health issue.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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If the municipalities did not comply in the future, Poliakoff feels as though developers will have an easier time prevailing in court with any other lawsuits.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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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 now set to face Joondalup Magistrates Court on April 9 after allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order in the northern Perth suburb of Ocean Reef on Feb. 2, PEOPLE can confirm.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Conurbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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