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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

He penned a book, “Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix,” about how the metropolis became what is currently the nation’s fifth-largest city by population, home to about 1.7 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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

I always thought of New York as being a sprawling and endless metropolis, but here it is just lush rolling hills that the minivan heroically strains its way up.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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