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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In this teeming Indian metropolis, only impermanence is permanent.
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
After some deliberation, Richard Binstock, a British-Israeli from Rishon Lezion, decided to attend a rooftop party in Tel Aviv but noted that the roads into the coastal metropolis were unusually empty.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Across Lebanon, Israel continues to issue evacuation orders with only short notice, warnings that human-rights groups have criticized as inadequate; one such alert was for the entire metropolis of Baalbek.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
After some deliberation, Richard Binstock, a British-Israeli from Rishon Lezion, decided to attend a rooftop party in Tel Aviv but noted that the roads into the coastal metropolis were unusually empty.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Across Lebanon, Israel continues to issue evacuation orders with only short notice, warnings that human-rights groups have criticized as inadequate; one such alert was for the entire metropolis of Baalbek.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolis. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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