metropolis
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Washington countered with a vision bearing the confident stamp of the Great Society era in American politics—the belief that a complex metropolis could still be shaped, and improved, by comprehensive design.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In addition to New Delhi, he will visit Agra, site of the world-famous Taj Mahal, as well as the palace-filled city of Jaipur and the eastern metropolis of Kolkata.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
San Diego is a rare example of a nearby metropolis that has been able to convince more builders to build more.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
When he returned to the U.S. in the early 1880s, Woods settled in Cincinnati, an industrial metropolis, and began inventing in earnest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The exciting synergy of institutional life in an all-purpose national metropolis was deemed less important than the dangerous corruptions likely to afflict a nexus of politicians and financiers.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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