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
Here, the lights along the river show the urban development along its banks, from Minya to New Bani Sewf City, ending in the glowing metropolis of Cairo at the Nile delta.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Mile by mile, my perception and appreciation of the human and natural history of this metropolis were forever transformed.
—Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The capital of Texas, Austin is a bustling metropolis that attracts everyone from tech giants to wannabe Willie Nelsons.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
The city is subsiding by more than 3 millimetres a year, and even in the United Nations’ best-case climate scenario, a third of the metropolis could be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Mile by mile, my perception and appreciation of the human and natural history of this metropolis were forever transformed.
—Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The capital of Texas, Austin is a bustling metropolis that attracts everyone from tech giants to wannabe Willie Nelsons.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
The city is subsiding by more than 3 millimetres a year, and even in the United Nations’ best-case climate scenario, a third of the metropolis could be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
Noun
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Wisconsin, small town officials have unilaterally removed drop boxes or rejected voting machines, ignoring state guidance.—
Hannah Fried,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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