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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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Ex-Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has spent 12 years building a Minecraft metropolis.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Another day of danger beckons for this battered European metropolis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Nearby Bagdad was a railroad town named in the 1880s by Southern Pacific Railroad officials after the Middle Eastern metropolis — without the H — because of the desert terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Growing up in the metropolis of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, he decided early to become a professional footballer.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Let us be dissatisfied until those who live on the outskirts of hope are brought into the metropolis of daily security.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

The "GTA" saga's action-adventure titles set in a sprawling open world have immersed players in high-definition imaginary cities heavily inspired by American metropolises.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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

No kind of crazy breakthroughs, just variations on a theme: pigs with brain maps that resemble St. Louis, my couple for Noelle joined by the sweeping bridge, a family of metropolises.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini


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