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
An image of the Tokyo metropolis appeared on the screen and ATARASHII GAKKO!
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
The southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen is taking steps toward updating its own pro-natal incentive, including by expanding access to child care services.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Laborers from poorer regions of India, like Jharkhand and the adjoining states of Odisha and Bihar—my home state—flood into other parts of the country, particularly the metropolises, to work in the service industries and also a variety of menial jobs.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
The southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen is taking steps toward updating its own pro-natal incentive, including by expanding access to child care services.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Laborers from poorer regions of India, like Jharkhand and the adjoining states of Odisha and Bihar—my home state—flood into other parts of the country, particularly the metropolises, to work in the service industries and also a variety of menial jobs.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for metropolis
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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