metropolis

Example Sentences

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Lagos faces one of the most severe housing shortages in Africa and homelessness is rife in Nigeria's largest city by population but smallest by landmass -- set to become the world’s largest metropolis by 2100.

From Barron's

Reform could struggle to win over voters in the diverse, busy UK metropolis, despite growing popularity across other parts of the country.

From Barron's

Those local leaders said the relatively minor protests, which affected only a few blocks in America's second largest metropolis, could easily be handled by city, county and state law enforcement.

From Barron's

Nevertheless, the protests remain limited in number and concentrated in central Tehran, with shops elsewhere in the sprawling metropolis of 10 million people unaffected.

From Barron's

Davao is a sprawling metropolis on the east of the Philippines' main southern island, Mindanao.

From BBC