conurbations

noun

Definition of conurbationsnext
plural of conurbation
as in cities

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  1. cities
  2. towns
  3. municipalities
  4. suburbs
Noun
  • Using that data, the group ranked the nation’s top worst cities for package theft in 2024, starting with New York City, which saw about $1 billion in losses and about 60 percent of households targeted by porch pirates last year.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
  • From the suburbs of Minnesota to big coastal cities, the mall was a special place.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of cities
Noun
  • Shoppers unable to afford iPhones and kitchen appliances in Argentina arrive at Chilean border towns by the busload to get the most bang from their buck.
    Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
  • At least 37 people were killed – both regime forces and allied militia – and rebels seized 13 villages, including the strategic towns of Urm al-Sughra and Anjara, as well as Base 46, the largest Syrian regime army base in western Aleppo, according to a statement by opposition factions at the time.
    Antoinette Radford, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of towns
Noun
  • One of the biggest sticking points was qualified immunity, a legal principal to allow civil lawsuits against police officers and municipalities in cases of police shootings, officer misconduct, and abuse of power.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Orange County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss the financial impact and logistics of replacing school resource officers, often called SROs, at 30 OCPS schools in those five municipalities with guardians — armed employees provided training by a sheriff’s office.
    Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of municipalities
Noun
  • Associated Press reporters in Damascus heard heavy airstrikes overnight and into Tuesday on the city and its suburbs.
    Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In the aftermath of heavy rains that rolled through Chicago and its suburbs in mid-September last year, the federal government provided over $23 million in relief to Illinois residents.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of suburbs
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