as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a big, teeming metropolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their mark
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Recent Examples of metropolis
His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis.
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News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
This Brazilian metropolis, with over one million inhabitants and located in the Amazon region, will host international leaders this November for the UN Climate Summit.
—Tarciana Medeiros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The brand’s latest, which debuted at this year’s China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition, sports a chunky, cyberpunk-indebted design and bold lighting package that wouldn’t look out of place zipping around a futuristic metropolis.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
This Brazilian metropolis, with over one million inhabitants and located in the Amazon region, will host international leaders this November for the UN Climate Summit.
—Tarciana Medeiros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The brand’s latest, which debuted at this year’s China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition, sports a chunky, cyberpunk-indebted design and bold lighting package that wouldn’t look out of place zipping around a futuristic metropolis.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
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The leaders of the world's biggest economies met at the airport in Busan, an hour's drive away from the APEC host city of Gyeongju, for just an hour and 40 minutes.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the waning days of the pandemic, appreciation and recognition came from Los Angeles city and county officials, who, according to posts on Farzam’s Instagram, commended Farzam for operating Covid testing centers and hailed him as a leader and role model.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Some time next year, the taxi taking you around town may not have a human behind the wheel.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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This gave Gates, from the use of his private jet alone, the same carbon footprint as a small town in Burundi.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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