metropolises

plural of metropolis

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Recent Examples of metropolises 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 But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 And as those on the right have slammed the nation’s metropolises, only a tiny fraction of the biggest cities have Republican mayors, and there’s scant discussion in right-wing circles and institutions about urban policy. Emily Brooks, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolises
Noun
  • Timed to the album’s multi-layered kick-off, physical orange doors began appearing in cities around the world — Nashville, London, Las Vegas, among them — each sporting QR codes that connected fans to brief travelogue-style videos evoking those locales.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Passengers expecting speedy layovers and smooth transitions in some major cities have been jolted by unexpected delays or cancellations.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Native nations across the continent, and especially those that shared a frontier with the early United States, are prominently marked, while Cherokee, Shawnee, Delaware, and Haudenosaunee towns have as visible a place as many settler towns in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Quebec.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The income cities generate also supports rural areas and small towns.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Metropolises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolises. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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