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a thickly settled, highly populated area
such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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Recent Examples of megacity
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.
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 July 2024
In a megacity, these businesses are like islands serving those who live around them.
—Rafael Tonon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
In the summer of 2019, temperatures in the Indian megacity of Chennai topped 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, just as the city’s water reservoirs began to run dry, exhausted after two years of below-average rainfall.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Most people are unaware that the rap god chose the numeric nomenclature as a salute to two things: the city's original area code (416) and the 1998 amalgamation of six municipalities (Toronto, East York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York) to form the megacity of Toronto.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 July 2024
In a megacity, these businesses are like islands serving those who live around them.
—Rafael Tonon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
In the summer of 2019, temperatures in the Indian megacity of Chennai topped 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, just as the city’s water reservoirs began to run dry, exhausted after two years of below-average rainfall.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Most people are unaware that the rap god chose the numeric nomenclature as a salute to two things: the city's original area code (416) and the 1998 amalgamation of six municipalities (Toronto, East York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York) to form the megacity of Toronto.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megacity
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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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In August, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 2018 Martin v. Boise ruling, allowing cities to cite and move homeless people off public land without first offering a shelter bed.Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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What’s more - the metropolis wasn’t built with megafires from a new geologic era whipped by hurricane-force winds in mind, either.Eric Mack, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Photos by Jun Michael Park The Afar guide to Busan Seoul may glitter with K-pop and Gangnam style, but Korea’s second-largest metropolis sparkles in its own way.Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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This season, Juan moves from Colombia to join his fiancée Jessica, their baby son and soon-to-be stepsons in a sleepy town in Wyoming.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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What fictional town does Pretty Little Liars take place in?Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megacity. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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