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
Mile by mile, my perception and appreciation of the human and natural history of this metropolis were forever transformed.
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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
But now this metropolis of some 2 million people has more and more options for later in the day, ranging from an intimate dining counter where a local chef nerds out about indigenous ingredients to a sleek izakaya bar where the city’s scene-seeking gastronomes gather for spicy tuna hand rolls.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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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
But now this metropolis of some 2 million people has more and more options for later in the day, ranging from an intimate dining counter where a local chef nerds out about indigenous ingredients to a sleek izakaya bar where the city’s scene-seeking gastronomes gather for spicy tuna hand rolls.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
Noun
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At the same time, the White House has ordered immigration enforcement in cities around the country.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The changes affect libraries operated by Maricopa County and not cities that operate their own libraries, such as Phoenix.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Seven miles across town, another MPS school had to delay its start date by a day.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Jarrett knew Swift and her family beforehand from seeing them around town.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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