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
Will, who came out in the penultimate episode, moves to a metropolis and is shown having a conversation with a guy at a bar.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
Nevertheless, the protests remain limited in number and concentrated in central Tehran, with shops elsewhere in the sprawling metropolis of 10 million people unaffected.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Before the horrors of October 7, Aya Shahar never considered leaving her busy life in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv and moving south to an agricultural life in a kibbutz near the Gaza border.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Almost 10 years after the original arrived in theaters, Zootopia 2 brought back almost all of the familiar faces and voices that made up the ensemble when Judy Hopps relentlessly pursued her dream of being a police officer in the titular metropolis.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
Nevertheless, the protests remain limited in number and concentrated in central Tehran, with shops elsewhere in the sprawling metropolis of 10 million people unaffected.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Before the horrors of October 7, Aya Shahar never considered leaving her busy life in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv and moving south to an agricultural life in a kibbutz near the Gaza border.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Almost 10 years after the original arrived in theaters, Zootopia 2 brought back almost all of the familiar faces and voices that made up the ensemble when Judy Hopps relentlessly pursued her dream of being a police officer in the titular metropolis.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
Noun
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Other cities just added to the tour include Norfolk, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Nashville and Lexington.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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For months, the council has voted and revoted on paying city staff a competitive salary and opening a position to manage all the infrastructure projects.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That's a big bite for a town of 1500 with an annual budget of a little over $3 million a year.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The neighborhood/area The hotel has a plum position on the Eendrachtsplein, a buzzy town square in the heart of the city with trams, buses, and a metro line connecting it to all corners of town.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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