megalopolis

Example Sentences

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Nonetheless, Woohoo has resonated with customers accustomed to the lavish offerings of Dubai, a tech-forward megalopolis with a proclivity for extravagance where AI has its own minister.

From Barron's

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Twitter that the alarm had been activated, but there were no reports of an actual earthquake and the ground in the megalopolis never actually started shaking.

From Reuters

The area around their home in south San Francisco transformed from a cultural hub in the throes of hippie culture into a tech-obsessed megalopolis of more than 7.5 million people.

From Washington Post

This megalopolis of division, stratification and segregation needs a unifying cause — something it hasn’t had since the 1987 telethon after the Los Angeles Central Library was ravaged in a fire.

From Los Angeles Times

Cities such as Lagos, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam are becoming megalopolises sorely in need of adequate housing, rapid transit and other expensive infrastructure.

From Washington Post