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Recent Examples of conurbation
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.
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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
Normally this takes an hour and 40 minutes, moving across the greater Los Angeles/Orange County conurbation, but this trip...
—WSJ, 24 Mar. 2020
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
Normally this takes an hour and 40 minutes, moving across the greater Los Angeles/Orange County conurbation, but this trip...
—WSJ, 24 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conurbation
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Here a book worth considering is ‘From third world to first’ - Lee Kwan Yew's first person story of transforming Singapore from a pestilential swamp into a metropolis.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dynamic, diverse, and ever-evolving, these bustling metropolises are the new frontier for true travelers.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
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One major event is the introduction of Shady Sands, a city in the New California Republic that was destroyed by nuclear weapons in the past.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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As such, narratives published in the magazine presented towns under British control, such as Ipoh, as modern and progressive, while neighboring cities like Bangkok in Siam or Palembang in the Dutch East Indies were depicted as disorderly, dirty, unsafe, and disgusting.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024
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The exterior takes us instantly back to the beach houses that dot Florida’s Emerald Coast and family vacations in Panhandle towns like Grayton Beach and Seaside.Miles Walls, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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The West Virginia native who grew up in a small mountain town felt a kindred community in Altadena and wanted to offer his version of a neighborhood restaurant there.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The City of Milwaukee and other large municipalities have their own weights and measures programs that investigate consumer complaints.Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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Since then, only three municipalities out of the state’s 169 towns and cities have applied for speeding or red light cameras, according to the DOT.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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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
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For Harris, who was raised in the nearby Maryland suburbs and has been a lifelong fan of the three-time Super Bowl-winning organization, the Landover location might be the only option if ownership seeks quick action.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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His grave is located in the ancient Roman town of Nida, a rich archaeological site in present-day Frankfurt’s suburbs.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Conurbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conurbation. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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