megalopolis

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The digital counter stands outside the Smart Sampa monitoring center, where dozens of police officers watch images streaming in from 40,000 cameras in the Brazilian megalopolis.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

So the 33-year-old found himself eating pan-fried noodles 200 miles north of the megalopolis in a restaurant shaped like a carousel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

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 • May 8, 2023

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 • Apr. 6, 2023

The megalopolis of our day embodies a universe of choices on a different scale.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai