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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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Not here, in this metropolis teeming with major teams.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2026

I think people expect it to feel like a small Midwestern town, and they’re surprised by how much of a real metropolis it is.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

That included his time as mayor of Davao, a southern metropolis where he cultivated the image of a tough-talking political outsider.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Fulcrum City was a post-mortal metropolis toward the very center of MidMerica.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The city hopes that the revenues from the tax will allow the former imperial capital to remain competitive with the Nordic and Swiss metropolises.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

About 40% of metropolises had more deaths than births, and rely on newcomers to grow.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

The U.S. winners range from small cities such as Cape Coral, Fla., to major metropolises like San Francisco; many are tax havens.

From MarketWatch Feb. 4, 2026

In Los Angeles and San Francisco, two of the other metropolises that have welcomed Waymo, subscribers to the $10-a-month DashPass can earn a $10 discount off one Waymo ride every month.

From Slate Oct. 22, 2025

“The arrogance of big-city folk! You grant your metropolises all the animals of Eden, but you deny my hamlet the merest Bengal tiger!”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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