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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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From the stunning metropolis, guests hop aboard the final train, the Eastern & Oriental Express – Wild Malaysia, which travels deep into the neighboring Malaysian jungle before returning to Singapore.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
In the vast metropolis of Kolkata, for instance, state health officials reported in 2021 that the fertility rate was down to an amazing one birth per woman, less than half the replacement level and lower than in any major city in Germany or Italy.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Staff in the metropolis of Chengdu sprung into action as early as 2 a.m. to ferry the pandas to the airport for the 1,350-kilometer (840-mile) journey, carried in crates with a supply of snacks.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
One hundred and thirty years later, the NFL played its first game in Brazil—its first game in South America, for that matter—on Sept. 6, in the sprawling metropolis of São Paulo, and Charles Miller would have been impressed.
—Andrés Martinez, TIME, 15 Sep. 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
In the vast metropolis of Kolkata, for instance, state health officials reported in 2021 that the fertility rate was down to an amazing one birth per woman, less than half the replacement level and lower than in any major city in Germany or Italy.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Staff in the metropolis of Chengdu sprung into action as early as 2 a.m. to ferry the pandas to the airport for the 1,350-kilometer (840-mile) journey, carried in crates with a supply of snacks.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
One hundred and thirty years later, the NFL played its first game in Brazil—its first game in South America, for that matter—on Sept. 6, in the sprawling metropolis of São Paulo, and Charles Miller would have been impressed.
—Andrés Martinez, TIME, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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