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cosmopolis

noun

käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs

Definition of cosmopolis

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a thickly settled, highly populated area a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune

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Recent Examples of cosmopolis While Istanbul and Cappadocia are more popular with tourists to Turkey, don't miss the chance to explore Izmir, which was once the country's most thriving cosmopolis. — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022 Istanbul is a cosmopolis unlike any other—where the remains of former empires, the cultural influences of multi-ethnic communities, and contemporary Turkish identity all exist in delicate harmony. — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2022 On the Volga a quasi-capital rose at Sarai, established by Batu around 1250, and grew into a cosmopolis of artisans, farmers, and merchants from as far away as Syria, Egypt, even Greece—so many that a New Sarai was founded upriver. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 For decades a symbol of all that was dead and dysfunctional in the ever-expanding cosmopolis, the river is undergoing its own rehabilitation, shedding some of its visible concrete. — Alexandra Marshall, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2018

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President Emmanuel Macron has been the primary target of scorn following nationwide riots that overtook Paris and other cities, but the insurgent National Rally does not want to let mainstream conservatives off the hook.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors allege Ulrich helped Mazzio's daughter obtain a higher-paying city job and also attempted to assist Mazzio, who operates a Brooklyn towing company, with licensing issues.

— Alice Gainer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Imagine a perfect replica of a sprawling metropolis, a Tokyo or a São Paulo, engraved at atomic dimensions on a tile the size of a fingernail.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, some gave the Chinese metropolis reasons to keep moving after the runway lights went down.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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On March 21, 1937, a crowd of hundreds gathered in the southern Puerto Rican town of Ponce on Palm Sunday afternoon, preparing to march.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Long marches across the country also enabled the students to voice their cause in smaller towns and villages, where people were unaware of the protestors’ aims because of the state’s stranglehold on the media.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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