conurbation
Example Sentences
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Then in 2014, fracking for oil and gas started in the surrounding region, and the conurbation boomed.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
About 200 miles east of Algiers, Constantine, known to its Numidian founders as Cirta, is today a sprawling conurbation of more than 400,000 people.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
In Yuzhou city, part of Xuchang's conurbation, 1 million residents are already under lockdown, with people in some areas unable to leave their homes.
From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2022
Fast forward four years, and while the town is basking in the brightness of the spring sunshine, the axe of uncertainty is hovering over this manufacturing conurbation yet again.
From BBC ● May 21, 2019
It lies somewhere at the intersection between small rural town and DFW’s fast approaching conurbation, explains Bill Elliott, the Bobcats head coach and the Celina school district’s athletic director.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 3, 2016
