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
In those nine minutes of footage, the camera meanders through an optimistic, dynamic metropolis where new technologies breed new visions and big plans.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
The air feels different, too—pristine, crisp, and a welcome reprieve from the pollution choking India’s congested metropolises.
—Sarah Khan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Travel: Spend 36 hours in Budapest, a beautiful Old World metropolis.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
The air feels different, too—pristine, crisp, and a welcome reprieve from the pollution choking India’s congested metropolises.
—Sarah Khan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Travel: Spend 36 hours in Budapest, a beautiful Old World metropolis.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
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Police in both Little Rock and North Little Rock will have wider access to flying drones after both cities were awarded state grants this year, although the departments' plans... Subscribe to continue reading, or log in.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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Keep your Hall of Fame career in a strange city and give me the Crawford experience, please.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Jon Voight has been taking meetings around town with union reps and studio executives to understand the issues plaguing domestic production, Deadline has confirmed.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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Premiering in 2008, Twilight follows a teen girl who moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest and falls in love with a vampire.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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