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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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Chan told a news conference that the decision was made "after considering the purpose, scale of the Exchange Fund and our future needs", with the money going toward the Northern Metropolis and other infrastructure projects.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Venture funds invested $500 million in Metropolis, which hopes to roll up and automate urban parking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

"The inspiration was obviously Fritz Lang's film Metropolis."

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024

This film in some ways hearkens visually back to some classic horror films, to "Frankenstein," to "Metropolis."

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023

Some days after this, he consecrated and crown'd their Majesties in his Metropolis.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von




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