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
The party often endorses the same candidates as the DSA and is readying to target more mayoral offices in the country's biggest metropolises this fall and in 2028.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
And these Knicks have appealed to, and united, an entire metropolis defined by its diversity.
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Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
But with thousands of communities, ranging from small towns to bustling metropolises, choosing your next home in the Lone Star State can be overwhelming.
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Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
But the reality of finding quality work in one of America’s top 30 metropolises is more complicated, and statistics only tell one side of the story.
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Keonna Yearwood-Branch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
And these Knicks have appealed to, and united, an entire metropolis defined by its diversity.
—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
But with thousands of communities, ranging from small towns to bustling metropolises, choosing your next home in the Lone Star State can be overwhelming.
—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
But the reality of finding quality work in one of America’s top 30 metropolises is more complicated, and statistics only tell one side of the story.
—
Keonna Yearwood-Branch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for metropolis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
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Robert Harrington will be the next mayor of the nation’s 14th largest city.
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In 2026, Goldman appears to be trailing in polls to Lander, a former city comptroller and councilman from Brooklyn.
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That’s exactly the feeling that Hayley Kiyoko’s feature debut film, Girls Like Girls, conveys with this coming-of-age story of Coley (Maya da Costa), a 17-year-old girl who moves to a small town with her estranged father (Zach Braff) after the death of her mother.
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Power is transmitted through a six-speed gearbox, with ratios that CFMoto says are equally suited to town and trail riding.
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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