Asked by bob

If the root metro means “mother” and polis means “city,” which sentence uses metropolis correctly?
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The metropolis ruled over the city in a just and fair way.

The family emigrated from their metropolis, or mother country.

Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest, is my favorite city to visit.

I tell people I live in Atlanta, but I really live in the suburban metropolis nearby.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest, is my favorite city to visit."

Reason: "Metropolis" means a large, important city or chief city of a region — the Chicago example fits. The others misuse the word (1 is awkward, 2 confuses "metropolis" with "mother country," 4 is contradictory).