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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2026

That included his time as mayor of Davao, a southern metropolis where he cultivated the image of a tough-talking political outsider.

From BBC May 28, 2026

The border metropolis of Tijuana has more than doubled in population over three decades, to 2.3 million, and its sewage infrastructure can’t keep up.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Ah means tuh put mah hands tuh de plow heah, and strain every nerve tuh make dis our town de metropolis uh de state.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

The city hopes that the revenues from the tax will allow the former imperial capital to remain competitive with the Nordic and Swiss metropolises.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 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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