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
How did this bustling Florida metropolis claim this honor?
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
This was a form of love and loss brought about by the new social relations of the crowded nineteenth-century metropolis.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Her immediate goal was simply to find freedom that the liberal metropolis had embraced after the war.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
As the only female taxi driver working her corner of Nigeria’s heaving metropolis, Lady is accustomed to underestimation by a callous patriarchy, and staunchly resists the gender normatives implied by her name.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
This was a form of love and loss brought about by the new social relations of the crowded nineteenth-century metropolis.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Her immediate goal was simply to find freedom that the liberal metropolis had embraced after the war.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
As the only female taxi driver working her corner of Nigeria’s heaving metropolis, Lady is accustomed to underestimation by a callous patriarchy, and staunchly resists the gender normatives implied by her name.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for metropolis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
Noun
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The legislation would provide greater flexibility for governments in allocating funding under the program, which was created in 1990 as part of a broader shift in housing policy toward greater responsibility for states and cities.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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The small town offers a slow and peaceful life for a fraction of the cost of most Arizona cities.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four people, including some children, were hurt when a 49-year-old man drove into the front of the Truckee Safeway on Saturday afternoon, town police said in a statement.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Each one is an artifact of her toxic relationship with her town.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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