metropolis

Thanks to growth based on the availability of water and power from the dam, it’s now the hub of a metropolis of 2.3 million residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ex-Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has spent 12 years building a Minecraft metropolis.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Growing up in the metropolis of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, he decided early to become a professional footballer.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"It is still on the edge of the metropolitan area, but it is not advancing on the western side of the metropolis," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

We walked the streets of Indianapolis, which seemed to me a huge metropolis with cars whizzing past and crowds on the street—friendly, but too many of them for me to feel comfortable.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Around 25-30 percent of the Kazakh population live in just three cities: the capital Astana in the centre, and the southern metropolises of Almaty and Shymkent.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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