as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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In a megacity, these businesses are like islands serving those who live around them.
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Rafael Tonon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
In the summer of 2019, temperatures in the Indian megacity of Chennai topped 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, just as the city’s water reservoirs began to run dry, exhausted after two years of below-average rainfall.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Most people are unaware that the rap god chose the numeric nomenclature as a salute to two things: the city's original area code (416) and the 1998 amalgamation of six municipalities (Toronto, East York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York) to form the megacity of Toronto.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
The megacity now has gleaming malls and luxury karaoke lounges with floor-to-ceiling projector screens that make those in Hong Kong look quaint by comparison.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
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Rafael Tonon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
In the summer of 2019, temperatures in the Indian megacity of Chennai topped 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, just as the city’s water reservoirs began to run dry, exhausted after two years of below-average rainfall.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Most people are unaware that the rap god chose the numeric nomenclature as a salute to two things: the city's original area code (416) and the 1998 amalgamation of six municipalities (Toronto, East York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York) to form the megacity of Toronto.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
The megacity now has gleaming malls and luxury karaoke lounges with floor-to-ceiling projector screens that make those in Hong Kong look quaint by comparison.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
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