Examples of megacity in a Sentence
such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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Hospitality heavyweights like Orient Express, The Ritz-Carlton, Aman and Four Seasons are taking their brand of high-end service to the high seas, betting that affluent travelers would rather board a boutique yacht than a floating megacity.
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Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
The fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is delicately strung together: a mainland with a populace that spills onto several islands in a lagoon that brushes against the Atlantic Ocean.
—Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
While Lagos dominates headlines as a megacity of 17 million, secondary cities such as Benin are quietly becoming engines of economic activity, innovation and migration.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
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Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
The fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is delicately strung together: a mainland with a populace that spills onto several islands in a lagoon that brushes against the Atlantic Ocean.
—Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
While Lagos dominates headlines as a megacity of 17 million, secondary cities such as Benin are quietly becoming engines of economic activity, innovation and migration.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for megacity
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megacity. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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