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
Let’s concede for a moment, just by dint of statistics, that this guy has to be white and live in a suburb of a secondary or tertiary metropolis.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
In the 1980s, during China’s economic reforms, Deng Xiaoping declared the city a special economic zone, calling on migrants from across the country to move there to construct a metropolis from the ground up.
—Yi-Ling Liu, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
The small city of Sausalito, California, promises a Mediterranean escape minutes from one of the nation’s biggest metropolises, San Francisco.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE are, for all practical purposes, completely dependent on the desalination plants, particularly for metropolises such as Dubai.
—Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
In the 1980s, during China’s economic reforms, Deng Xiaoping declared the city a special economic zone, calling on migrants from across the country to move there to construct a metropolis from the ground up.
—Yi-Ling Liu, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
The small city of Sausalito, California, promises a Mediterranean escape minutes from one of the nation’s biggest metropolises, San Francisco.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE are, for all practical purposes, completely dependent on the desalination plants, particularly for metropolises such as Dubai.
—Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolis
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The two cities say the rules could significantly reduce revenue from card rooms, which are a major source of funding for local government services, according to ABC News.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Kuwait’s Al Salmi tanker was attacked at the port connected to the United Arab Emirates city better known as a destination for influencers, Reuters and The New York Times reported.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The snowy-haired Scot waves me into the passenger seat of his Can-Am Traxter with a huge grin and navigates us through the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town, famously anchored by mainland Britain’s most remote pub, the Old Forge.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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