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 Jia founded the Pingyao International Film Festival in his home province of Shanxi, choosing the ancient city over modern metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025 While outsiders may imagine Hollywood’s superficial glamour, Herzog sees a metropolis teeming with artists, writers and inventors. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025 First opened in 1994 within the top 14 floors of Kenzo Tange’s Shinjuku Park Tower, Park Hyatt Tokyo quickly became the standard-bearer for luxury hotels in the buzzing metropolis over the next two decades. Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025 The Southern California metropolis lays claim to some of the world’s best year-round farmers markets, and its enclaves of immigrant cuisines—Koreatown, Thai Town, and the San Gabriel Valley for Chinese—are unmatched. Emily Wilson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for metropolis
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Noun
  • Weak shaking has been registered and people reported feeling the tremor in multiple cities, including Yucaipa, Redlands and Mentone according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The protests are organized by progressive organization Indivisible, with cities having their own branch.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • Nestled along a private stretch of creek, the hotel feels secluded and tranquil but is also steps away from the heart of town.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Across the state, Italian Americans have left a legacy through small businesses, community associations, restaurants, Catholic churches and more, from metro Detroit to west Michigan, Upper Peninsula mining towns to mid-Michigan and beyond.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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