as in metropolis
a thickly settled, highly populated area
what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis
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Recent Examples of megalopolis
This was Rome, a megalopolis where glittering avenues, monuments and arches littered the landscape.
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
Protecting downtown and the city’s infrastructure from floods, the channel made possible the emergence of Los Angeles as a great, global megalopolis of booming businesses and single-family houses with green lawns and swimming pools.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
Earlier Sunday, DeSantis appeared before a crowd that a campaign representative estimated at about 3,000 people at the Villages, the retirement megalopolis in central Florida.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2022
Benin City is not a megalopolis like Lagos, but its 1.8 million people still generate a lot of traffic.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
Protecting downtown and the city’s infrastructure from floods, the channel made possible the emergence of Los Angeles as a great, global megalopolis of booming businesses and single-family houses with green lawns and swimming pools.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
Earlier Sunday, DeSantis appeared before a crowd that a campaign representative estimated at about 3,000 people at the Villages, the retirement megalopolis in central Florida.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2022
Benin City is not a megalopolis like Lagos, but its 1.8 million people still generate a lot of traffic.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalopolis
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This find is the first time a Caracol king has been identified over the decades of research at the site, which was a dominant Maya metropolis before its abandonment by 900 AD.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Shanghai is the third-largest city in the world, with a population of just over 40 million, and is one of the most vibrant metropolises in the country.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Noun
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According to Retirement Living, here are the 10 best cities to retire in California: 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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An Israeli source told CNN on Friday morning that Witkoff had arrived at the aid site in the southern city of Rafah that is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Besides individuals, the money belongs to non-profit organizations, hospitals, schools, cities and towns, and small businesses, among others.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Deputies responded to a residence in Hilliard, a small town northwest of Jacksonville, around 8 p.m. Thursday, but got no response from anyone inside and found multiple shooting victims upon entering, Leeper said.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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“Megalopolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalopolis. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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