as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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Recent Examples of megacity
Videos from influencers promoting a futuristic Saudi Arabian megacity spread quickly across the internet — and almost as quickly, have started to disappear.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Flights, ferries and train services had been suspended in the megacity and in neighboring provinces, disrupting travel during China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival.
—Simina Mistreanu, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Fifty Years From Now Carlos is a citizen of a sprawling megacity in the year 2074.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In the southern megacity of Shenzhen, Apollo Go was granted a license in February to run a trial in Bao’an district, People’s Daily reported, which allowed the company to charge.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 July 2024
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Flights, ferries and train services had been suspended in the megacity and in neighboring provinces, disrupting travel during China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival.
—Simina Mistreanu, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Fifty Years From Now Carlos is a citizen of a sprawling megacity in the year 2074.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In the southern megacity of Shenzhen, Apollo Go was granted a license in February to run a trial in Bao’an district, People’s Daily reported, which allowed the company to charge.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megacity
Noun
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The cost of Southwest's flights vary, depending on the arrival date, but 15 flights to the Super Bowl city from the Chiefs' and Eagles' home base have been added, along with 16 return flights from New Orleans to Kansas City and Philadelphia, according to Southwest.com.—
Sydney Borchers,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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No dates or cities have yet been announced; only a photo and brief graphic accompany the news.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
2 Feb. 2025
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As if the year of the dragon wasn’t finished with us, January 2025 in Los Angeles brought the kind of sudden devastation that could force a postapocalyptic metropolis such as this to reacquaint itself with God, only to declare God dead again as existential crisis demands.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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Well, nobody is immune to a little fantasy now and then, least of all in a corporatized metropolis like Chongqing, whose streets are lit by neon signs that advertise a life these men can’t even afford to imagine for themselves.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Nome, a Gold Rush town, is just south of the Arctic Circle and is known as the ending point of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megacity. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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