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 Lubbock department of health has opened free vaccination clinics which have given about 70 vaccinations since the start of the outbreak, according to city officials.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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DeBoer assured city officials all former volunteers will receive an email about the new program, but will go through the same process as everyone else who applies.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Many of the selections underscore the social stresses and inequalities of the growing metropolis, the scars left by the harsh military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983, and the human costs of Argentina’s recurrent economic crises.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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That is what they are being punished for—an effort to free themselves from the control of a former metropolis.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Soon, Rick can’t take it anymore and heads into town to find marijuana (cannabis is currently legal in Thailand), with Chelsea in tow.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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The footage was captured in Vang Vieng, a town in the northwest region of Laos.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megacity. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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