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
Endless gastronomic delights, diverse architecture, and neighborhoods packed with character ensure visitors have everything but a boring trip to the large coastal metropolis.
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Many of his voters are young and, like Japanese botanists who intentionally stunt growing trees, are devoid of the knowledge required to comprehend a pulsing metropolis.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The buzzing underground networks are an important part of the modern, urban lifestyle in Canada’s coldest metropolises, and can be fascinating — and disorienting — for visitors.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
When the Knicks go on a run like that, New York feels smaller, shrinking from a sprawling metropolis to a college town where everyone wears the same colors and spills onto the streets after a home win.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Many of his voters are young and, like Japanese botanists who intentionally stunt growing trees, are devoid of the knowledge required to comprehend a pulsing metropolis.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The buzzing underground networks are an important part of the modern, urban lifestyle in Canada’s coldest metropolises, and can be fascinating — and disorienting — for visitors.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
When the Knicks go on a run like that, New York feels smaller, shrinking from a sprawling metropolis to a college town where everyone wears the same colors and spills onto the streets after a home win.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for metropolis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
Noun
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It's consistently ranked one of the fastest growing cities in the country and crane—industrial, that is—might as well be the unofficial city bird.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2026
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This city, already exhausted by conflict, has been hit hard in recent days, with multiple Israeli airstrikes targeting the suburbs of southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition to the classic brown-and-yellow boot laces, a set of two-town brown Taslan shoelaces are included.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
28 Feb. 2026
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An opening for the Islamic State came one day in June, 2013, nearly a year after Manbij’s liberation, when the body of a young man was discovered by a shepherd outside town.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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