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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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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

Washington countered with a vision bearing the confident stamp of the Great Society era in American politics—the belief that a complex metropolis could still be shaped, and improved, by comprehensive design.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In addition to New Delhi, he will visit Agra, site of the world-famous Taj Mahal, as well as the palace-filled city of Jaipur and the eastern metropolis of Kolkata.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Plans to build Neom Super City - a futuristic, carbon-free metropolis - may have been scaled down, but the vision remains the same.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

An estimated 40,000 Spiritualist believers resided in that metropolis already, but with a growing population of half a million people, there was plenty of opportunity to grow the spirit cause as well.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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